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the romantic age - Coggle Diagram

- - - - industrial revolution
        
        quick turn from an agricultural economy to an industrial one
        
        availability of raw materials from the colonies
        
        new inventions
        
        James Hargreaves "Spinning Jenny"
        
        acceleration of textile production
        
        James watts "Steam engine"
        
        it replaced wind, water, men and animals, becoming the main source of energy
        
        increasing industrial production
        
        social consequences
        
        the industry has had a devastating impact on the health of urban populations caused by pollution
        
        The romantics criticized the negative effects on the environment, favoring a new sensitivity and passion for natural landscapes and an idealized rural life
      - social reforms
        
        the Factory act: improvement of conditions for children working in factories
        
        the Reforms act which extended the vote to all male members of the middle class
        
        Abolition of slavery: William Wilberforce campaigned vigorously against slavey. In 1833 the Slavery Abolition Act was passed which gave freedom to all slaves in the British Empire
        
        The poor law forced parishes to offer financial aid to poor and unemployed. With the amendment of the Poor Law of 1834 parishes were no longer required to offer financial aid to the poor.
    - - general attitude of revolt against outworn traditions and attitudes
        
        EXAMPLES
        
        the Napoleonic wars had stimulated industrial productions. When the war ended,the government no longer needed these goods and thousands of sailors and soldiers found themselves out of work "the important act of corn law"
        
        working men reacted and groups of Luddites destroying new looms and attempted to destroy cotton mills. In 1819 there was a terrible crackdown cased by a large demostration at St. Peter's Fields in Manchester.