TERM 1
Industrial Revolution
DEFINITION 1
Began in the 1770s to 1780s in Britain, because of textile
manufacturing. This was a term used to capture the drama of
contemporary change and to draw a parallel to the French
Revolution. James Watt invented the steam engine which
could pump water from coal mines or drive machinery in
textile manufacturing.
TERM 2
Working Class 19th Century
DEFINITION 2
Refereed to the Labor's in factories. Where entire families
came to toil for a single wage, where working people were
brought into factories with machines under close supervision
of there employers.
TERM 3
Urbanization
DEFINITION 3
the growth of towns and cities due to movement of people from
rural to urban areas. There were ma ny consequences including
hunger, poverty, immigration, overcr owding. For Example There
were 461 people to one house. Ther e was an "Atmosphere of
Filth", and the break out of disease, su ch as the cholera epidemic.
People moved to the cities for work b ecause less and less became
available in the countryside.
TERM 4
Social Reform 19th Century
DEFINITION 4
Reform was taken on in the 19th ce ntury forms of religion, such as
Sunday school. Education was anothe r social reform and seen as
the main prospects for uplifting the th e poor and the working
class. During this time animal cruelty became a social reform as
well. Women became domesticated during this time and we began
to see stereotypes pop up in culture. Women became uninterested
in sex known as the Victorian Era. We lfare was introduced during
this time known as the Starvation Ac t.Temperance was also a huge
social reform.
TERM 5
Opium War
DEFINITION 5
The East Indian Trading Company traded with China and the
had only one port open in Canton, and restricted the trade of
Opium. In 1839 the British attacked China's coastal cities and
in 1842 the war ended with the Treaty of Nan-King where
China opened up 4 more ports to trade with Britain.
