Britain 1750-1900 – What changed? Free Essay Example

1. a) Of the six categories the ones that saw most change are:

Population because in 1750 the population was 11 million. 80 percent lived in the countryside and the other 20 percent lived in the urban areas. By 1900 the population was 40 million and 75 percent lived in the towns and the rest (25 percent) lived in the countryside.

Transport because in 1750 you could only get on one canal and the roads being improved by turnpike trusts. In 1900 you could get on a train from anywhere to anywhere in the country you could get in a car bikes were common but the turnpike trusts and canal companies were out of business.

b) Of the six categories the ones that saw the least change are:

Politics because in 1750 only 5 percent could vote and they were men. Parliament made laws for everywhere in the U.K. except Ireland. And king George had a lot of power but not as much as other kings. In 1900 still only men voting but most of them.

MP’s come from everywhere and towns had authorities, which played a large part in peoples lives living, and working conditions improved because of this.

2. a) Between 1750 and 1900 of the six categories the one that changed the fastest was work because in the 1750’s the main work was farming. But rather quickly in 1825 many people had small workshops factories had steam engines cotton had started to be used. The use of coal was times by three. And farming had new types. By 1900 farmers used machines. Coal, iron, steel and textiles have taken over.

Steam is used all over and a lot more work all round.

b) Between 1750 and 1900 of the six categories the one that changed the slowest was politics because it took over one hundred years just for most of the men to be able to vote. It took along time for the government to take control and start making living and working conditions better and finally it took a long time for them to let MP’s from all around the country come to parliament.

c) Between 1750 and 1900 of the six categories the one that changed gradually was culture because in 1750 most kids didn’t go to school in 1825 some kids go to school and in 1900 all kids aged between 5 and 12 had to go to school. Also there were only 7 universities in 1750 by 1900 there were 17 that’s a gradual increase. In 1750 newspapers, novels and plays becoming popular by 1900 everyone read newspapers and books.

3. The changes taking place between 1750 and 1900 weren’t happening all over Britain because most of the changes took place in the countryside. This is because all the people were moving to the urban areas and making things change with the population, the work, health and medicine, transport, culture and politics. People make things happen especially when there are lots of them.

4. The part of Britain that changed least between 1750 and 1900 was the countryside because all the people moved away. With less people less things happened especially work because the country stayed in the past with farming. And transport there was hardly any roads.

5. The one thing that improved people’s lives was councils making water cleaner and improving public hygiene because people were dying easily and then because of this people lived longer.

The one thing that didn’t improve people’s lives was the invention of the steam engine because and the car because they pollute the air and gave people breathing problems and which have started the destruction of our planet which nobody knew about that back then.

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