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THE ROMANTIC AGE - Coggle Diagram
THE ROMANTIC AGE
Cultural trends
Political trends
Social trends
Industrial Revolution
Quick turn from an agricultural economy to an industrial one
New inventions
Availbility of raw materials from the colonies
Increasing industrial production
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
Factory workers suffered long hours of work and the factories put small craftsmen out of work
Rising unemployment led to a dramatic drop of wages
James
Hargreaves' spinning jenny
accelerated production in the textile industry
The
James Watt steam engine
could be used in all kinds of applications. Steam replaced wind, water, humans and animals as the main source of energy.
Social reforms
The Reform Act
(1832)
The Factory Act
(1833)
Abolition of slavery
(1833)
The Amendment of the Poor Law
(1834)
Parishes were obliged to offer financial aid to the poor and unemployed.
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William Wilberforce faces a vigorous campaign against slavery, which was finally abolished in
1807
.
In 1833, the
Slavery Abolition Act
was passed, giving freedom to all slaves of the British Empire.
This law would have improved the conditions of children working in factories.
Age of
Revolutions
and
War
General
attitude of revolt
against outworn traditions and attitudes
EXAMPLES
The Boston Massacre
(1770)
The Boston Tea Party
(1773)
Birth of
Romanticism
Reaction to Classicism
Exaltation of the individual and of the self
Distrust in progress and factories
Use of imagination as a reaction to the age of industry