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Empire And Industry
36 questions · Connect inventions, trade and political reform. Study the notes, then practise without the clock.
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Study notes: make the connections
Connect inventions, trade and political reform
Steam power and new machinery changed production. Canals and railways connected factories to markets. Overseas expansion also depended on exploitation, including slavery, and provoked campaigns for abolition.
Separate the people who developed industry from the campaigners who changed working conditions and voting rights.
| Remember the link | Key fact |
|---|---|
| being the first British Prime Minister | Sir Robert Walpole Walpole was Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742. |
| leading the Jacobite rising of 1745 | Charles Edward Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie tried to restore the Stuart line. |
| writing Auld Lang Syne | Robert Burns The Scottish poet Burns revised the song sung at New Year. |
| Enlightenment economics | Adam Smith Adam Smith developed influential ideas about economics. |
| Enlightenment ideas about human nature | David Hume Hume’s philosophical work explored human nature. |
| improvements in steam power during industrialisation | James Watt Watt’s steam-engine work supported the Industrial Revolution. |
| efficient early textile factories | Richard Arkwright Arkwright improved textile machinery and factory organisation. |
| mapping Australia’s coast | Captain James Cook Cook mapped Australia’s coastline during British overseas expansion. |
| opening Britain’s first curry house | Sake Dean Mahomet Mahomet opened the Hindoostane Coffee House in London in 1810. |
| campaigning in Parliament against the slave trade | William Wilberforce Wilberforce was a prominent parliamentary abolitionist. |
| commanding the British fleet at Trafalgar | Admiral Nelson Nelson won at Trafalgar but died in the battle. |
| commanding the army that defeated Napoleon at Waterloo | Duke of Wellington Wellington won at Waterloo and later became Prime Minister. |
| engineering the Great Western Railway | Isambard Kingdom Brunel Brunel built railways, ships, bridges and tunnels. |
| pioneering railway engines with his son Robert | George Stephenson George and Robert Stephenson helped develop railway engines. |
| reforming nursing during the Crimean War | Florence Nightingale Nightingale improved care in military hospitals. |
| advocating Irish Home Rule in the 19th century | Charles Stuart Parnell Parnell wanted an Irish parliament within the UK. |
| helping found the Women’s Social and Political Union | Emmeline Pankhurst Pankhurst was a leading campaigner for women’s voting rights. |
| writing The Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling Kipling’s works include The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. |
Handbook reference: Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history — A global power. These are original revision notes, not a reproduction of the handbook.
Three quick study checks
Who is associated with being the first British Prime Minister?
Sir Robert Walpole
Walpole was Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.
Which contribution is associated with Sir Robert Walpole?
being the first British Prime Minister
Walpole was Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.
Who is associated with leading the Jacobite rising of 1745?
Charles Edward Stuart
Bonnie Prince Charlie tried to restore the Stuart line.