Revolutions Flashcards
1
Q
Ruling monarchs of 18th?
A
Anne
George 1
G2
G3
2
Q
What’s created in 1694 ?
A
-> Bank of England by Whigs merchants (“money lending institution”)
= National debt as financial instrument
3
Q
What do the BoE create ?
A
-> Stock exchange and stock companies
-> New Whigs elite vs. Tories landed elite
-> Birth of financial military state
4
Q
Agriculture ?
A
-> from open fields to enclosed, land ownership creates the land owning elite
-> + use of cattle
-> Poor ppl go to city for work
-> Grain becomes commercial product
5
Q
Industrial?
A
-> New manufactures for textile
-> Steam engine (1782)
-> Better roads, canals, goods move faster across country
6
Q
Growing empire overseas?
A
- Caribbean
- North Am
- India
Eng becomes more powerful after 7 years war
7
Q
Other revolutions?
A
- American (75-83)
- French (89-15)
- Irish rebellion (1789)
