The Historical Context of 'Pride and Prejudice'

The Industrial Revolution in the U.K.

Period: 1780 to 1799

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhNP0qp38Q

The French Revolution

Period: 1789 to 1799

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEZqarUnVpo

Jane Austen writes 'First Impressions'

Period: 1796 to 1797

https://www.digitalausten.org/node/34

Northern Ireland's Union with Great Britain

Jan 1, 1801

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/39-40/67/contents

The Slave Trade Act

1804

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/rights/abolition.htm

Jane Austen revises "First Impressions' which becomes 'Pride and Prejudice'.

1811

The Regency Period

Period: 1811 to 1820

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_era

'Pride and Prejudice' is published.

Oct 28, 1811