history Flashcards

(54 cards)

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two ways slave trade made British rich

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selling slaves. selling raw materials eg cotton back to the English

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big reason for industrial rev to have happened

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all the wealth from the slave trade

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3
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what did the british do with their wealth/

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invested in machinery and new business

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4
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three raw materialsa imported from colonies

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cotton, sugar, tobacco

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why did some british farmers and farm workers to move to colonies

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work that people did was being replaced by machinery because there was a need to produce more food.

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6
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When was the industrial revolution?

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1700-1800

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7
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How long did britian trade slaves?

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245 years

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8
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How many slaves taken from Africa to America

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3-4 million

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9
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Three reasons for the industrial revolution

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The wealth from trading slaves
The need for production
The increase of factories and mine

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What were the living conditions

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They were in a very small area that they had to share with many. bad sanitation and decease, pollution and all different mixed classes.

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What were swing rioters

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They were the farm workers who were losing their jobs to machines. 9 were hanged 450 sent to Australia

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luddits

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people in factories threatening by spinning jenny, broke the machines They brought in the army to stop them

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What is the GNCTU

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(grand nation consolidated trade union) formed by Robert Owen To protect and improve workers rights

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14
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Why did the GNCTU stop

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to many people to organize in different trades

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15
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Britian changed from agriculture economy to..

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an Industrial Capitalist system

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16
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what is a capitalist system

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Anyone starting own business for own profit

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17
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who controlled the cape colony and Natal

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The British

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18
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What were the Transvaal and Orange free state

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They were Boer republics

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How was South Africa divided

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Cape colony and Natal/british. Transvaal and OFS/Boer republics. African Kingdoms/Sutho and Zulu.

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20
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What happened in 1833

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British brought indentured labour

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21
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Indentured labour lasted

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90 years more than a million indians were sent

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22
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How long was Indian a british colony

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Where did the sugar cane come from

24
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How long was the contract

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What happened to Indians that stayed in south africa
Poduced always all fruit and veg in Durban and PMB
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When were diamonds Discovered
!867
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Where were Diamonds discovered
Near Hopetown in the Northern cape
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What river did they dig
The Vaal river
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When were Diamonds Discovered in Kimberly
1870
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Where are Diamonds found
A pipe
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what is the biggest human made hole
The big hole in Kimberly
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Why are diamonds expensive
They are rare need 200 tons one carrot they are beautiful used for cutting theyre hard
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What is a diamond claim
A mining area for one person
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What happened in 1874
up to ten people to a claim
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How many claims allotted for big hole
500
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What was the black flag rebellion
White miners attacking Black indian and chinese
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Dangers of mining
collapsing walls Hard rock Flooding
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How did large mining companies form
Lack of equipment Wealthy people bought out small claim holders Cecil John Rodes and Barney Banerto
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Where did rhodes come from
England in 1871
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how long did it take him to buy large claims
four years
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When did Barney bernato come
1873
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How long to BB took to become a millionare
10 years
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1887
Rhodes formed de beers mining
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Why is gold valuable
Rare its beautiful Easy to melt
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When was gold discovered
!886
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What is an Empire
Group of countries controlled by one government
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Why did Africans come to the mines
They needed to pay tax | They needed food
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Where did the miners live
In closed compounds
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How did gold influence changes
changed from agriculture to biggest gold producers | European and SA money backed by gold
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Mining tunnels are called
Stopes
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What is the rubble from blasting called
Lashing
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Where is the gold found
in the rock and ore
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wht is removing the rock and ore called
tramming
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how is it removed
in trucks called coco pans