Knowlege Organiser Industrial Britain Flashcards
Define Industrialisation
The development of manufacturing on a large scale which resulted in internal migration. growing towns attracted migrants
Define refugees
People forced to leave their country to escape war, and avoid persecution
Define, forced migration
Thousands of black Africans were forcefully taken from Africa to work as enslaved people on plantations of British colonies in the west, Indies and North America
Define Potato blight
Infected/disease potatoes
Define tenement
Slum housing- overcrowded, unhygienic , poor quality housing
Define navvies
Men who dug the canals and built the railways. Hard dangerous work e.g irish navvies
Define sweatshop
A place where people would work long hours for low wages in poor conditions eg Whitechapel and spitalfield. Many were run by jews
Define abolitionists
People who wanted to get rid of the slave trade
Define non-conformists
A Christian group who emphasised a Christian belief that everyone is equal in the eyes of God
Define pauper
A very poor person who relied on the state to help them
Define a radical
A person who wants huge, social or political change
What happened in 1750
Britain was the largest slave trading nation
What happened in 1807
The slave trade was abolished in Britain
What happened in 1830
Liverpool to Manchester railway opened
What happened in 1832
Reform act gave vote to more property owning men
What happened in 1833
Slavery in British empire, forbidden
What happened in 1846
The potato blight destroyed the entire Irish potato crop. 1 million starved 2 million migrated.
What happened in 1847-48
Over 300,000 Irish migrants arrive in Liverpool
What happened in 1850
Carl Marx to migrate to England
What happened in 1880-90
Over 100,000 Jewish refugees migrate to Britain, avoiding the Russian empire persecution
What happened in 1888
Jack the Ripper murders
Whats an ayah
Someone whos job it is to take care of children. Like a nanny. Normally indian migrants
How were ayahs treated in britain
Many were discriminated towards and were discharged without any arrangements for them to return home. However a few were treated with affection.
Why did the jews migrate
To avoid persecution and conflicts in the region from the Russian empire
Also because of new economic opportunities
Why did the slave trade get abolished
Because of the growing abolitionist movement
Because of the Industrial Revolution as attention shifted from agriculture to industry and machines could do the labour of people
What affects did migrants have on britain 1700-1900
Economically- filled labour shortages. Helped grow towns. New businesses eg m&s
Socially- brought diversity to britian new languages and foods
Culturally- influenced art, music, cuisine shaped British culture
How were migrants treated
Migrants were accepted where they were contributing to british prosperity however many faced persecution and prejudice and lived lives of poverty
