The Industrial Revolution and Suffrage/Protest
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The Industrial Revolution and Key People Timeline of Key Events James Watt Date Event Suffrage/Protest 1712 The first practical steam engine is invented by Thomas Newcomen. Steam would become an important source of power for the Industrial Revolution 1764 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny allowing a worker to produce multiple spools of thread at the same time Samuel Greg 1781 James Watt patents an improved steam engine making it useful as a power source in factories and other applications such as steam Isambard boats and trains Kingdom Quarry Bank Mill begins operating in Styal, Cheshire Brunel 1784 1790 Samuel Greg builds an Apprentice House and begins to build housing in Styal Henry Hunt 1811 The Luddites attack factories in Great Britain smashing machines in a protest against industry Key Vocabulary 1817 Robert hyde Greg joins his father’s business. He would go on to Revolution A radical change in a system or economy vocally oppose child labour in factories. 1819 ‘The Peterloo Massacre’ occurs in a field outside of Manchester. 18 Revolt To take violent action against a ruler/government Emmeline peaceful protesters die and around 400-600 are injured at the hands of drunken cavalrymen. Massacre A brutal slaughter of many people Pankhurst 1832 Great Reform Act passed in England, extending the vote to more Protest An organised demonstration showing that you men in the UK. disapprove of something 1897 The women’s suffrage movement comes into effect with the Industrial To work and manufacture raw materials for trading of Millicent formation of the NUWSS goods. Fawcett 1903 WSPU formed in Manchester under Emmeline Pankhurst Urbanisation The growth of towns and cities 1913 Cat and Mouse Act introduces to try and subdue the women’s Rights A moral/legal entitlement to do something Suffrage movement Emily Population The rapid increase in the amount of people present 1913 Emily Davison steps out in front of the King’s horse at the Epsom Explosion within a country. Davison Derby and is killed. She would become a martyr Martyr A person who dies for the cause they believe in 1918 Women over the age of 30 allowed to vote Year 8 History Homeworks Read, Watch, Listen Read 1: Knowledge Organisers These provide the basic knowledge for each topic which needs ● Liberty’s Dawn: A people’s history of the to be known off by heart. This may include a timeline, key Industrial Revolution, Emma Griffin words, key concepts and summaries. ● Death in ten minutes: Kitty Marion, Fern Riddell ● Peterloo: Witnesses to massacre Graphic novel ● Robert Poole: Peterloo: The English Uprising 2: Meanwhile, elsewhere ● Malcolm Chase: Chartism What we learn in our lessons only offers a small glimpse of the ● Edward Royle: Chartism past. To widen our understanding, one page research sheets will be used to explore what else was going on around the world Watch at the same time as the topic we are studying. ● Timeline TV: Protest through time ● Suffragette 3: Revision ● The Industrial Revolution | History - Andrew Preparing for history assessments is an essential part of each Marr's History of the World topic, as these assessments allow teachers and pupils the chance to check their progress in History. Revising gives you the chance to show off what you know. Listen ● History | KS3 | Revolution | BBC Teach.