Pre-industrial britain

Question 1

what years are pre-industrial britain

Answer 1

1750-1850

Question 2

what is sale tag

Answer 2

social class
availability of transport
law and order
education and literacy

time
availability of money
gender

Question 3

social class

Answer 3

upper class
-aristocracy/gentry
-hereditary land owners
-power and wealth

lower class
-peasants
-worked manually, mainly on the land

Question 4

mob football

Answer 4

-played between villages
-force ball into centre of ‘enemy village’
-violent
-frowned upon by ‘bourgeoise’ for lack of regulations
-fatalities

Question 5

sale tag of mob football

Answer 5

s- lower class
a- local
l- no laws
e- no rules and couldn’t read of write

t- holy days/festivals
a- cheap
g- minimal female participation

Question 6

what could women take part in

Answer 6

smock racing

Question 7

real tennis

Answer 7

-complex in nature
-sophisticated rules
-formal dress
-specialist facilities and equipment
-gambling

Question 8

sale tag of real tennis

Answer 8

s- upper class
a- horse and cart
l- complex rules
e- literate and educated

t- lots of time
a- specialist facilities
g-

Question 9

cock fighting

Answer 9

-sport of ‘upper classes’
-lots of gambling
-cruel spectacle was made illegal by Act of Parliament in 1849

Question 10

pedestrianism

Answer 10

competitive walking
-both classes - separate roles
-lower class ran of walked
-upper class patrons or sponsors
-opportunity to gamble
lower class receive prize money

Question 11

cricket

Answer 11

-associated with ‘public houses’
-classes had different roles
-gentry amateurs and lower-class professionals
-UC bat and bowl
-LC fielding

Question 12

role of women

Answer 12

very little participation

-‘weaker’ sex and couldn’t do anything dangerous or strenuous

LC- smock races
UC- archery