Britain

**Britain**

__Technological Advances__

__ Steam Powered Machines (Steam Engines, Rolling Mills) __ **Benefits** **Negative Consequences** __ Mining Imple﻿ments __ **Benefits** **Negative Consequences**
 * Was invented between 1845-1852
 * Burns Coal, Heats Water, Water evaporates, steam/air pressure powers pistons, and pistons power the machine
 * Greatly improved the speed of transportation
 * Increase productivity
 * Pollution
 * Cause unemployment because there is no need to employ so many labor
 * Means that people want more iron and coal since Britain had many iron and coal at that time
 * Increase the country’s energy sources
 * Textile Manufacturing (Trade of Cotton, Textiles),Dry cleaning invented in 1855

__ Coal __ **Benefits** **Negative Consequences**
 * Britain produced 66% of all coal
 * Made the industry more remunerative and profitable
 * Pollution

__Cars__ **Benefits** **Negative Consequences**
 * Was invented in the 1885-1886
 * Invented by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler
 * Helped the British industries because of the demands, cars opened up a whole new industry
 * Cars caused Britain to have a higher death rate since it was hard to drive on unpaved/dirty roads, the driver sometime veered off the road

__ Steam-powered Print ____﻿__

- Implant steam engines to make it more efficient


**Benefits ** __ Steam Farm Tractors __
 * Increase the literacy rate (books, etc)
 * Promotes knowledg e

The invention of steam engines allowed for the production of more productive/efficient harvesting/sowing in agriculture Just a farm tractor enhanced with a steam engine.

** Benefits ** **Negative Consequences**
 * Farmers (less work)
 * Britain gets more food
 * Horses (got replaced)



__Social and Political Events__ __** Industrial Revolution (1770 - 1850) **__ ** Who benefits: **
 * England’s economy changed from agricultural and industrial
 * Started the development of factories
 * Invention of many inventions
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steam Engine (New Engine)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">used to pump water out of coal mines
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone

** Negative Consequences: **

 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">None

= __ Irish Potato Famine (1845-1847) __ = __﻿__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Potatoes died due to a botanical disease, starvation due to loss of staple food.

** Who benefits: ** ** Negative Consequences: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Immigrants who immigrated to the United States
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Death of thousands

__** Sepoy Rebellion (1857-1858) **__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Attempted control of India
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ended the Mughal Empire
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">British Crown controls India
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">East India Company disbanded/destroyed

** Who benefits: ** ** Negative Consequences: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">British Crown
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Controlling India
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">East India Company loses it’s status

__** Crimean War (1853-1856) **__ ** Who benefits: ** ** Negative Consequences: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stopped Russian Expansion into the Ottoman Empire
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Spoils of War
 * France, Britain, Austria etc. Spoils of War
 * Russia and Ottoman Empire’s expansion halted

__** Legal trade union (1871) **__ ** Who benefits: ** ** Negative Consequences: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Trade union act established (UK
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Workers
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Common-folk
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Government has to deal with the trade unions

__** Married Woman’s Property Act (1882) **__ ** Who benefits: ** ** Negative Consequences: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Women have the right to buy and own property
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Women
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">None

__** Boer War (1899-1902) **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Who benefits: ** ** Negative Consequences: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Attempted control over South Africa
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Britain
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">South Africa

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**__Introduction of state pension (1908)__** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Who benefits:**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Citizens who retired
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No raise of state pension yet (beneficial to the government)


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Negative Consequences: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No raise of state pension yet (negative consequences for citizens)

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 * Possible resources to use for research:**

Victorian Technology British inventions Advancements in weaponry The Great War timeline
 * Question 1:**

Victorian history - many pages and links Leisure time Social changes The British Empire
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