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Michael Faraday
Apprentice book-binder
Electric Motor¨-> generating power -
Railway Fever
Liverpool to Manchester
"Greenwich Railway Time" -
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Reform, not revolution
1832: 1st reform act-> got rid of the "only 7 people are allowed t vote"
1867: 2nd reform act-> "more people can vote"
1884: 3rd reform act-> "even more people can vote" -
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The Victorian Internet- The telegraph
1837: first patent, major British towns connected
1866: to US
1875: to India/ CND/AUS/ S.Africa/ Argentina 17th: Letters: 7 months to reply
19th: Letters: same day reply -
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Queen Victoria
Slave Trade: Triangular Trade
1826: Brits bote to abolish Brits help stopping slavery in US and Brazil King James Bible-> EN around the globe -
The Great Exhibition
The Crystal Palace -
Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species
Evolution + selection of species
Developed theory in the 30s, but published later -
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Sufragettes
1860: movement grew
1913: Emily Davison dies
1928: Women can vote