8.3 Flashcards
What was a huge factor leading to the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
Historians have identified several reasons for why the Industrial Revolution began first in Britain, including: the effects of the Agricultural Revolution, large supplies of coal, geography of the country, a positive political climate, and a vast colonial empire.
Describe phase one of the expansion of the British Empire.
The first phase was the establishment of the earliest colonies in North America in the 1600’s
Which other countries laid claims to territory around the world?
Over the next 200 years Britain, France, Spain, the Dutch and Portuguese all laid claims to new territories around the world
What was the second phase of the expansion of the British Empire?
Wars and Naval strength
How was Britain able to maintain power, even though it lost the American colonies?
They had empires which had resources all over the globe.
How big was the British Empire by 1900?
1/4 of Earths land and 1/4 of the world population
What did the colonies provide for the Industrial revolution
Raw materials-workforce(slavery) and customers to buy the goods
List the raw materials and which colony provided them.
Australia-sugar, wheat, and gold/ NZ-wood/ SA- gold/ India-tea, cotton/ Canada-timber and wheat/ Jamaica-coffee/ Malay-rubber
What was the largest merchant trading company? Find out a little about it.
It was the East India company that traded the goods
- “The sun never sets on the British empire”. Explain this quote using examples of colonies and the map in Source 4.
The sun is always shining somewhere in the British empire
“The sun never sets on the British empire”. Explain this quote using examples of colonies and the map in Source 4.
The sun is always shining somewhere in the British empire
