Timeline

Question 1

What were the characteristics of pre 1750 Britain

Answer 1

• most people lived in rural areas
• travel was difficult due to lack of roads
  -religion was very important and had lots of influence
• health was better because of the air quality
• unit of production

Question 2

What were the characteristics of the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840)

Answer 2

• shifts from agricultural work to more efficient manufacturing processes using machine in factories
• families shifted from a unit of production to a unit of consumption

Question 3

What were the characteristics of modernity

Answer 3

• societies that are built on principles of individual freedom, quality or condition and instrumental mastery of being modern emerged in Western Europe deity created the world

Question 4

What were the characteristics of the slavery abolition act

Answer 4

• 1833
• expanded jurisdiction of Act 1807, this made the purchase of slaves illegal
• stated that “all such persons should be manumitted” (freed by enslaver) and that “reasonable compensation should be made”

Question 5

What were the characteristics of the trade union legalisation

Answer 5

• 1871
• organisation made up of workers
• organise strikes against employers to protest for the abolition of hardship

Question 6

What were the characteristics of the education acts

Answer 6

• 1880: made attending school compulsory for children aged 5-10 years old
• 1902: provided funds for denominational religious instruction. This helped reduce the divide between voluntary schools

Question 7

What are the characteristics of the married women’s property act

Answer 7

• 1882
• an act that significantly altered English law regarding property rights or married women’s and given control
• a married woman shall in accordance with provisions of this act be capable of arguing, holding/disposing by will or otherwise

Question 8

What are the characteristics of the women’s right to vote

Answer 8

• 1900s
• one of the groups that protested for women’s rights are famously known as the suffragettes
• women who met the criteria of being over 30 and having minimum property qualifications
• 1918 women could vote in general elections for the first time

Question 9

What are the characteristics of the race riots in Glasgow, Liverpool and Cardiff

Answer 9

• 1919
• riots that followed perception of foreigners
• violent racial conflicts due to “store jobs”
• white citizens incited mobs that attacked African American neighbours

Question 10

What are the characteristics of the windrush generation

Answer 10

• 22nd June 1948: voyage of 1027 people from Jamaica to England
• the windrush vessel brought the first large group of post war West Indian immigrants to the uk
• it was originally called the monte rosa
• the British government needed more workers to help fill post war labour shortages
• most took on jobs in the nascent NHS

Question 11

What are the characteristics of the Bristol bus boycott

Answer 11

• 30th April - 27th august 1963
• in Bristol there was a wide spread of racial discrimination, ethnic minorities encountered violence from teddy boy gangs of white British youths
• was inspired by by the refusal of Rosa parks to give up her seat and the Montgomery boycott
• people refused buses until the colour bar was dropped. This lead to the race relation act in 1960s and the uk 2010 equalities act

Question 12

What are the characteristics of the race relations act

Answer 12

• 25th October 1968
• the act expanded the provisions of the 1965 race relations act which banned public discrimination in public places
• to ensure second generation immigrants who were born in the uk get jobs and qualifications