The Industrial Revolution
It took place between the mid-18th century and the mid-19th century.
When did the industrial revolution take place?
They worked on average from 65 to 70 hours per week.
How many hours per week did the factory workers work?
It was triggered by the imposition of new taxes.
What caused the rebellion in the American colonies?
It was ratified on 4th July 1776.
When was the Declaration of Independence ratified?
It was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution.
What was the 'Reign of Terror'
Thomas Newcomen invented it in 1712.
Who invented the steam engine?
They were small towns constructed quickly to house the workers near the factories.
What were the 'mushroom towns'?
Their slogan was 'No taxation, without representation'.
Which one was the slogan of the rebels?
His reign is remembered for the loss of the American colonies.
What is George III 's reign remembered for?
It happened in 1792.
James Hargreaves invented it in 1764.
How invented the spinning jenny?
Because they could pay them less than adults for doing the same work.
Why were children employed in the factories?
A group of rebels dressed up as native Americans boarded a ship with a cargo of tea in the Boston harbour and then threw the tea in the ocean.
What happend in the Boston Tea Party in 1773?
It was officially recognized in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
When was the American independence offically recognized?
The British admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the French and the Spanish at sea.
What happened in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805?
Edmund Cartwright invented it in 1787.
How invented the loom?
It was below 20 years due to the hard work, diseases and heavy drinking.
Which one was the life expcatancy of the poor?
It began in 1775.
When did the American War of Independece start?
George Washington
Who was the first President of the United States of America in 1789?
They were a group of workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs.
Who were the Luddites?
No, they didn't. Their salary wasn't sufficient to pay their rent and their food.
Did factory workers receive a good salary?
No, they weren't. Physical abuse was common and there was a strict discipline.
Were factory workers' rights respected?
They were the Patriots and the Loyalists.
Which ones were the two sides in the War of Independence?
They moved to Canada.
What happened to the colonialists who remained loyal to Britain?
They ended with the treaties signed at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
How did the Napoleonic wars end?