Life in 1750 & The Population Boom
7 million
In 1750 Roughly how many people lived in Britain?
Cottage Industry
What is another word for the domestic system which is where people make things by hand in their homes?
Coal
Which new fuel was used to power machines?
Cholera
What's the water-borne disease which killed lots of people during the Industrial Revolution?
Hanging/death penalty
What was the harshest punishment under the Bloody Code?
Agricultural Revolution
What was the name of the sudden increase in Agricultural production due to new ideas and technological developments?
Spinning Jenny
What machine, invented by James Hargreaves, allowed one person to spin multiple threads?
Birmingham Toys
What small metal items were made in Factories during the Industrial revolution?
Louis Pasteur
Who was the French man who discovered germs with his 'Germ Theory'?
Watchmen
Who patrolled the streets at night before the police were created?
Enclosures
What was the name of the new closed-off fields which were privately owned and grew one crop?
Water frame
Which invention by Richard Arkwright helped power spinning machines with water?
Canals
Which man-made, river-like waterways were built to allow transport of products by water?
19
What was the average life-expectancy of a labourer living in Leeds in the 18th Century?
Elizabeth Fry
Who was the famous female reformer who worked to improve women's prisons?
Edward Jenner
Who invented vaccinations?
Richard Arkwright
He was the 'father' of the Factory system.
James Newcomen
Who was the man who invented the first steam engine?
Joseph Bazalgette
Who was the man who designed and built lots of new sewers in London?
The treadwheel
What type of hard labour might prisoners have to do?
80%
In 1750, roughly how many people lived in the countryside in Britain?
Cromford
At what location did Richard Arkwright build his first factory?
Urbanisation
What's the process where a place changes from containing mostly fields and farms, to containing mostly buildings and factories?
Edwin Chadwick
Who was the politician who published a report detailing the health conditions of those living in Industrial cities?
1829
In what year was the Police Force established?