Term 2 Exam Flashcards
Before industrial revolution what was England like?
Fuedal system- where lord owned the land and ordinary people farmed the land. They lived off the land.
Made things at home/cottage industries.
By hand-no machines
Important changes that took place during industrial revolution
New technology
Steam engine main source of power-replaced human and horse power
Iron and steel-replaced wood as building materials
Steam boats replaced sailing ships, faster and could transport materials better
Railway replaced horse and carriage
Power loom meant mass produced clothing
Machinery became common place
Where were factories built and why?
Near rivers for the spinning frame - because they needed water to power some of the machines.
Near coal mines- increased demand for coal to heat the water to run steam engine
What were ways of transporting materials during the industrial revolution?
Railways were built for trains
Canals were built for steamboats
Social Economic consequences of industrial revolution
Urbanisation
Child labour- everyone needed to work
Bad working conditions
Bad housing, close together, increased fire and disease risk
Capitalists - rich factory and land owners benefited and used the poor
Why was there child labour?
Children were considered property of the parents
Everyone had to work and help on the land so when they moved to city also expected to work
People could not survive without everyone in family contributing financially
Schooling for kids was not popular
What was child labour like?
Kids worked from age of 5 or 6
Fed with sawdust in porridge
Dusty and dirty conditions- bad for lungs
Dangerous working conditions. Children were small so worked in machines
Paid little
Long hours
Education neglected
Reasons behind urbanisation during the industrial revolution
Machines and factories, needed people to work, so people moved to cities
Machines took place of workers on farms, so people needed to find other income
Housing close to factories, overcrowding, no sanitation, rats
Consequesnces of industrial revolution
Great britain exported machinery across the world
Improved communication between Britian and other parts of world
Population growth and urbanisation,
Workshop of the world
Trade unions were formed to fight for workers rights
Resistance to how workers were treated; give 2 examples
Resistance about farm machines
Swing riots
Resistance in factories - Luddites
Because of the discovery of gold and diamonds South Africa became an “…………country
Industrialised
Before mineral revolution what was South Africa like?
What changes were brought about by the mineral revolution?
Change from subsistence farming to urban living - urbanisation
South Africa was not a unified country- some independent, some under British and some under Boer control, the mineral revolution changed all this
New classes of people emerged-rich mine owners and poor mine workers
What is migrant labour?
It is when a person moves away from their home and family to earn money somewhere else
How did migrant labour become common?
Mine owners needed cheap labour
White farmers wanted black labourers to work for them
Black labourers did not want to sell their work, wanted subsistence
Hut tax imposed to force black labour
What was the main diamond mining town and how did it develop?
Kimberly
Diamond found along the vaal river, people rushed there to make a claim
First individuals made claim
Holes became deeper
Eventually sold to De Beers (mining company)
Treatment of black workers on mines
Lived in compounds,
Signed contracts for a few months at a time
Not allowed out of compounds until after contract up
Shut up in solitary confinement for week and given laxatives and put in big gloves to prevent swallowing of diamonds
Carried pass with them
Searched
Why were workers housed in compounds?
Easier to control,
Don’t have to search
Cost less for mine owners
Who started the gold mining companies and why?
The richest diamond mining companies then joined the gold mining
They brought with them:
. Capital
. Experience
. Knowldge of how to control their workers
The mine owners wanted more money
What was the Native Land Act of 1913 and what were the results?
Divide country between white and black and most went to white, black were not allowed to rent land anymore, had to work as labourers
Result…. Rapid urbanisation
Indentured labour
Trade unions
Indentured labour
When a person from another country agrees to work in another country for a set period of time for the cost of their trip
Where did first indentured labourers work?
In Kwa Zulu Natal on the sugar plantations
People came from India
Contract for 5 years
What is colonisation?
A system of political control where one country takes over land belonging to other people and imposes their own system of rules
Reasons for the European colonisation of Africa
Industrialisation Quinine Discovery of machine guns Nationalism Belief in African mineral wealth Belief in racial superiority Bringing Christianity
Who divided up Africa?
Otto von Bismarck
Conference in Germany, Berlin
Which European powers were present at the Berlin conference?
Germany Britain Spain Portugal France Belgium Italy
Why were Europeans able to colonise Africa so quickly?
Quinine Rival tribes Natural disasters New diseases brought to Africa by Europeans Maxim gun
4 types of colonial rule
Company rule
Direct rule
Indirect rule
Settler rule
In Africa, which country was not colonised?
Liberia
Why was the scramble for africa considered the biggest robbery of all time?
The land was stolen by foreign nations
Very rich in natural resources- gold, diamonds, rubber and oil.
That was mined, taken away to Europe and sold back to the nations that it was taken from
What is a revolution?
Series of events that leads to a change in government or leadership . It doesn't have set time period . Doesnt have to be violent .Can bring positive or negative changes Can be: POLITICAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL
From what had Britain gotten rich before the industrial revolution?
The Slave trade
How had the Slave trade made Britain rich?
1.Slaves were captured and traded in west Africa
2 They were taken across the Atlantic to America to work on cotton, sugar, tobacco and rice plantations
3 the produce from these plantations was then shipped back to Britain, and the raw materials were made into goods and sold in west Africa and other parts of the world.
Name an important city in England that was involved in the slave trade and why it was important.
Bristol,
It was a sea port and therefore was a good centre for sending and receiving slaves
How many ships traveled from Bristol each year to capture slaves?
2000
How many slaves could each ship hold?
250