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James watt
James Watt was the amn invented the Steam engine which was a big use back then. James watt had a partner building the steam engine John Roebuck they both worked together. By 1790 he was a man with lots of money. He also had several other great inventions like the rotary engine, the double action engine and the steam indicator. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/watt_james.shtml -
Class system in england
England started something called classes to seperate rich from poor or middle class from rich. The upper class was the nobilitays the middle class was the skill workers, bussiness man and wealthy farmers. Lower class where the ones with not as much money working long hours without breaks and very small pay. Working class got little to nothing no land no money so they where the poorest class. Notes -
Resistance to colonial rule
African resistance to is often thought of in terms of a white and black and African power struggle. At this time Aficans was being taking over by almost every country after time they started to gain there power back. They started to divied the african trids in africa that couldnt get alone. World War II African leaders started political parties and trade unions. The resistance in Africa comes into former Portuguese colonies as South Africa and Kenya. http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/es -
Roots of the industrial revolution
people started to by farmaland to improve the farming bussiness, they srated to find better ways of living. They srated to make Water and coal to fuel machines, Iron ore to construct machines. The rivers were easy transportation and you didnt have to apy much very cheap. Trade became popular back then. Notes -
Indian nationalist movement
Mahatma Gandhi was a indian leader who led freedom to all the indians. The indains was ruled by a empire during this big down fall in history for them. Many indians was working in factors for little money. Most of them was growing cotten and only cotten so they started to lack food badly and die. The british controlled there living conditions. They started see their lifs in process of their struggle against colonialism. http://www.nos.org/media/documents/SecSocSciCour/English/Lesson-08.pdf -
Sepoy mutiny
The indians tried to go against britian but it was very unsuccessful. They started to hire indians to fight and protect british soliders from harm. Mny indians were killed so they didnt really have anyone to protect the soliders anymore. India started there govermant off the dirct rule of india. They tried to influences them but it didnt work. http://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Mutiny -
Began In Cotton Industry
In 4500 B.C cotten strated to form it became very important in ever contry mainly the british and untied states. Things started to for like steam engine, water power loom. During this time they started to burn cold. The history of cotten goes all the way back but when cotten stated being needed they need people to work for them becuase they were to lazy to do it them selfs. Indains where also working for them but most of them got sick becuase they wernt use to tropical wether.
