history Flashcards
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list three impacts of the industrial revolution on the movements of people
it led to free settlers and convict transportation to Australia as well as the trans atlantic slave trade
definition of slavery
the permanent, violent and personal domination of natally alienated and generally dishonoured people.
what was the middle passage
the 6-8 week voyage across the atlantic between the africas adn the americas and carribean
what was triangle trade
britain would send manufactured goods to africa and trade for slaves, the slaves sent from africa to the americas in exchange for plantation crops, britain needed this to fuel the industrial revolution
what is the plantation system
it was the large scale agricultural operation that used enslaved people to create profit from crops
the date range of the trans atlantic slave trade…
17th to the 19th century
how many slaves were forcibly removed???
10-12 million african slaves
how did the slave trade relate to industrial revolution
the profit made off the slaves allowed britain to buy the raw materials from the americas which then fueled the industrial revolution back in britain
what is abolition
the act of formally ending or stopping something
define industrial revolution
it was an increase in production brought about by the use of machinery, it marked the moving from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy.
what was the agricultural revolution
improved farming inventions led to farms no longer being accesible to everyone instead having single owners.
where and when did the industrial revolution start
beginning in Britain in 1750 til 1914
factors leading to the development of the industrial revolution
technological inventions such as the steam engine, transportation improvements such as trains, natural resources accesibility such as coal, Empires and trade created access to raw materials
convict settlement was
where convicts provided the cheap labour required to produce the raw materials needed to fuel the industrial revolution as well as establish Britains new penal colonies.
For convicts the journey to australia was,…
a 5 months journey of cramped and unhygenic conditions, stale food and punishments
convict life in Sydney cove was
hard working labour but obedient convicts were given a ticket of leave.
when did the first fleet arrive in Sydney cove
26 january 1788, first fleet sailed in with 11 ships holding 717 convicts.
where were majority of the slaves transported to
the americas with 48% in Brazil and 41% in the carribean
what products were commonly shipped in the first leg of the journey
cheap jewellery, guns and textiles from Britain’s industrial revolution
What was traded across the middle passage
african slaves
the last leg ships carried…
raw goods harvested through the plantation system, including sugar, coffee, cotton and tobacco
what are the forces that were changing peoples vies on slavery?
it ceased to be economically efficient, unemployment of free citizens meaning they didnt pay wages, controlling them was hard and campaigns protested against it.
What does the acronym MAIN stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
