history Flashcards
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two ways slave trade made British rich
selling slaves. selling raw materials eg cotton back to the English
big reason for industrial rev to have happened
all the wealth from the slave trade
what did the british do with their wealth/
invested in machinery and new business
three raw materialsa imported from colonies
cotton, sugar, tobacco
why did some british farmers and farm workers to move to colonies
work that people did was being replaced by machinery because there was a need to produce more food.
When was the industrial revolution?
1700-1800
How long did britian trade slaves?
245 years
How many slaves taken from Africa to America
3-4 million
Three reasons for the industrial revolution
The wealth from trading slaves
The need for production
The increase of factories and mine
What were the living conditions
They were in a very small area that they had to share with many. bad sanitation and decease, pollution and all different mixed classes.
What were swing rioters
They were the farm workers who were losing their jobs to machines. 9 were hanged 450 sent to Australia
luddits
people in factories threatening by spinning jenny, broke the machines They brought in the army to stop them
What is the GNCTU
(grand nation consolidated trade union) formed by Robert Owen To protect and improve workers rights
Why did the GNCTU stop
to many people to organize in different trades
Britian changed from agriculture economy to..
an Industrial Capitalist system
what is a capitalist system
Anyone starting own business for own profit
who controlled the cape colony and Natal
The British
What were the Transvaal and Orange free state
They were Boer republics
How was South Africa divided
Cape colony and Natal/british. Transvaal and OFS/Boer republics. African Kingdoms/Sutho and Zulu.
What happened in 1833
British brought indentured labour
Indentured labour lasted
90 years more than a million indians were sent
How long was Indian a british colony
250 years
Where did the sugar cane come from
Mauritas
How long was the contract
5 years