Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
I. Agricultural Revolution
1. Describe how peasants who traditionally used small plots of land were affected by changes in government land policies.(pp.131-132)
2. What does the sentence mean: “Farming became a business?”
3. When land was used as farmland in the business sense, its value increased. How would this lead to agrarian poverty?
4. Peasants without land often were forced to do what?
5. What was the purpose of breeding animals?
6. How did animal science improve human diet? What would have been the consequence?
7. Technological change on the farm was based on how the land was used, the seeding process, and the harvesting techniques. Explain how these changes worked. Give specific examples.
Web Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/agricultural_revolution_01.shtmlweeblylink_new_window
II. Economic Revolution
1. What was an entrepreneur?
2. How did the laissez-faire system facilitate business advances?
3. Briefly describe the evolution of the textile industry.
4. What were some important machine inventions that dramatically improved textile production?
5. Explain how the steam engine worked.
6. Why was coal such an important element in the development of industry in Great Britain?
7. What were some important considerations businessmen had to take into account when the decided on where to locate their businesses?
Animation: Who wants to be a cotton millionaire? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_gms_cotton_millionaire.shtmlweeblylink_new_window
III. Transportation
1. Briefly outline what types of transportation existed in Great Britain during the 19th century and what the advantages and disadvantages of each transportation mode was.
2. What was the “Rocket?” How does the railway age illustrate industrial advances in the 19th century?
IV. Mechanization and the Factory System
1. England moved from the cottage, or domestic system to the factory system. Explain how this happened.
2. A factory had several advantages over the cottage system. Explain.
3. England had experienced a population boom as a result of improved diet from increased food production. At the same time, poverty increased as many people were no longer able to support themselves. This situation led to exploitation under the factory system. Explain.
4. Why did the government bring in Factory legislation?
5. How did society and culture in Great Britain change as a result of industrialization
Web Link: The Workshop of the World http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/workshop_of_the_world_01.shtmlweeblylink_new_window
Change in Victorian England: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtmlweeblylink_new_window
1. Describe how peasants who traditionally used small plots of land were affected by changes in government land policies.(pp.131-132)
2. What does the sentence mean: “Farming became a business?”
3. When land was used as farmland in the business sense, its value increased. How would this lead to agrarian poverty?
4. Peasants without land often were forced to do what?
5. What was the purpose of breeding animals?
6. How did animal science improve human diet? What would have been the consequence?
7. Technological change on the farm was based on how the land was used, the seeding process, and the harvesting techniques. Explain how these changes worked. Give specific examples.
Web Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/agricultural_revolution_01.shtmlweeblylink_new_window
II. Economic Revolution
1. What was an entrepreneur?
2. How did the laissez-faire system facilitate business advances?
3. Briefly describe the evolution of the textile industry.
4. What were some important machine inventions that dramatically improved textile production?
5. Explain how the steam engine worked.
6. Why was coal such an important element in the development of industry in Great Britain?
7. What were some important considerations businessmen had to take into account when the decided on where to locate their businesses?
Animation: Who wants to be a cotton millionaire? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_gms_cotton_millionaire.shtmlweeblylink_new_window
III. Transportation
1. Briefly outline what types of transportation existed in Great Britain during the 19th century and what the advantages and disadvantages of each transportation mode was.
2. What was the “Rocket?” How does the railway age illustrate industrial advances in the 19th century?
IV. Mechanization and the Factory System
1. England moved from the cottage, or domestic system to the factory system. Explain how this happened.
2. A factory had several advantages over the cottage system. Explain.
3. England had experienced a population boom as a result of improved diet from increased food production. At the same time, poverty increased as many people were no longer able to support themselves. This situation led to exploitation under the factory system. Explain.
4. Why did the government bring in Factory legislation?
5. How did society and culture in Great Britain change as a result of industrialization
Web Link: The Workshop of the World http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/workshop_of_the_world_01.shtmlweeblylink_new_window
Change in Victorian England: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtmlweeblylink_new_window