the work and methods of growing crops and looking after animals that are then used for food

if farmland is left fallow, it is not planted with any crops

land which is suitable and used for growing crops

the practice of turning land owned by a group of people into fenced off land owned by a single person

a substance that you put on land in order to make plants grow well

The Agricultural Revolution

History

Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and urban migration

Political radicals and the Peterloo Massacre

Calls for reform and the 1832 Great Reform Act

The Industrial Revolution and change in Britain

In this unit, pupils examined how industrialisation transformed lives, the empire and its global influence. In 'The British Empire: how far was it transformed in the mid-nineteenth century?', pupils look at the transformation of the British Empire during the height of the industrial period.

In ‘The British Empire: why did it grow in the 17th and 18th centuries?’, pupils explored the expansion of the Empire and the factors driving its growth. This unit builds on that by examining how industrialisation during the Industrial Revolution transformed people’s lives, including its impact on the empire and its global influence.

In this unit, pupils learn about the changes to life brought about by the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. They learn about calls for political reform and how this led to the 1832 Great Reform Act. Pupils end the unit by considering how much the Industrial Revolution changed people's lives.

The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?

economic activity related to the manufacturing and production of goods

in this context, when resources are exploited this means they have been used by people for some benefit

a mill is a factory equipped with machinery for manufacturing

a textile worker is someone who is involved in the manufacturing of cloths and fabrics

a canal is an artificial waterway cut through land for the passage of boats

people who have migrated have moved from one area to another

if conditions are unsanitary they are dirty and likely to damage people’s health

if something is exploitative it involves treating others unfairly, in a way that helps make money for you but could harm others

a tariff is a tax to be paid on goods purchased from abroad

universal suffrage describes a system where all adults can vote

a person who supports the idea that there should be big social and political changes is known as a radical

a person who opposes political or social progress and reform is known as a reactionary

the franchise refers to the group of people who can vote in a country's elections

the individual areas of a country that elect someone to represent them in Parliament are called constituencies

something may be described as disproportionate if it is too large or small in comparison to something else

a rotten borough was a constituency which elected an MP despite having very few voters

representation is the act of speaking or doing something officially for another person

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