Agricultural Revolution
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
The Agricultural Revolution was a period of technological improvement and improved farming.
Why were women and children the more desirable employees?
They were paid less, which made it cheap and children could climb under or into the machines easily.
What is loose-packing?
A method companies used to 'pack' slaves onto ships in a manner that gives them more space.
What was the name of the first wave of convicts into Australia?
Secondary Source
A piece of evidence created after the event or time period being studied, often an interpretation of a primary source
What is selective breeding?
Only allowing the most fruitful plants and biggest animals to breed.
What did the Industrial Revolution bring?
Technological change
What is tight-packing?
A method companies used to 'pack' slaves onto the ships to try and fit as many slaves as possible on the ship regardless of the living conditions it would impact.
What was a Free Settler?
Someone who volunteered to relocate to Australia
Primary Source
A piece of evidence created at the time of the event or period being studied
What was the 4-crop rotation system?
A crop rotation of four plots, where one field is left empty to avoid the soil becoming stripped of minerals and nutrients.
A disease that caused bone cancer in the jaw due to exposure to phosphorus chemicals.
What is the middle passage?
The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade
What is a hulk?
An un-seaworthy ship used as a temporary prison for prisoners.
Revolution
A dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation.
What are the Enclosure Laws?
A set of laws that forced citizens to buy farming land in order to use it.
Who had the first successful strike?
The Match-Stick Girls
The Atlantic Slave Trade is an example of
Dehumanisation
Why were convicts sent to Australia?
Urbanisation
A large population of people moving from the countries to the cities
Why did many people die?
Lack of food, disease, lack of money.
Why would workers have pay deductions?
Whistling, bathroom breaks, speaking, sneezing, lunch breaks, dirty feet, and unclean work benches.
Describe the process of the triangular slave trade
Britain sold material goods to Africa in exchange for slaves who were transported to the Americas and caribbean, who were forced to gather raw materisl which were sold back to Britain.
What was a squatter?
Squatters were settlers who cleared large amounts of the Crown land and occupied it with their sheep and cattle. They did NOT have official ownership.
Define humanisation
The process of depriving a person or group of people of their human qualities, dignity, or identity. To treat someone less than human.