Britain
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DandyWarHoles on January 4, 2011
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1773 | Boston Tea Party |
| John Wilkes | politics shoud be discussed by everyone, a strong attac on the parliament |
| 1775-1783 | American War of Independence |
| Edmund Burke, Tom Paine | British politicians who openly supported colonists |
| vote, become lawyers, go to university, join the navy or accept any public post, could not own a horse worth more than 5 pounds, Catholic schools were forbidden | After the battle of the Boyne 1690 Catholics couldn't |
| J Wilkinson | IRELAND 1779 First iron bridge over the river Severn |
| James Watt | Industrial revolution, steam engine |
| 1807 | British ban on importation of African slaves |
| 1808 | The United States bans the importation of African slaves |
| 1833 | British Empire // Slavery Abolition Act |
| 1802, limiting child labour to 12 hours | First Factory act (Year what it meant) |
| Jacobinism | sympathising with the French revolution |
| Charles Fox | leader of the fights against George III, sympathisier with the French revolution |
| 1712, Thomas Newcomen | first steam engine (who, when?) |
| 1801 | Union Flag adopted |
| 1746 Final battle of the Jacobite rising, Scots defeated | The Battle of Culloden (when, who?) |
| kilt, tartans, bagpipes all forbidden | The Battle of Culloden what it meant |
| extended grazing of sheep, chiefs occupying vast expanses of land | Highland society extinction (why?) |
| 1832, granted the seats to cities taking the seats from burroughs, every sixth adult male could vote | The Reform Act (when? what?) |
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