The Industrial and Agricultural Revolution (Junior Cert History): Flashcards
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Year Industrial Revolution began in Britain
Year Industrial Revolution began in Britain
1750
Most important invention of Industrial Revolution
Most important invention of Industrial Revolution
Steam engine
James Watt's improvement to steam engine
James Watt's improvement to steam engine
Added flywheel for rotary motion
First engine on wheels designer
First engine on wheels designer
Richard Trevithick
First passenger railway route (1830)
First passenger railway route (1830)
Manchester to Liverpool
British population 1801-1851
British population 1801-1851
Increased from 9 million to 22 million
Norfolk System creator
Norfolk System creator
Charles Townshend
Selective breeding developer
Selective breeding developer
Robert Bakewell
First police force creator & year
First police force creator & year
Sir Robert Peel in 1829
Discoverer: germs cause disease
Discoverer: germs cause disease
Louis Pasteur
Smallpox vaccine developer & year
Smallpox vaccine developer & year
Edward Jenner in 1796
Year Nightingale opened nursing school
Year Nightingale opened nursing school
1860
What Chadwick's 1842 report linked
What Chadwick's 1842 report linked
Poor living conditions to ill health
Year of Public Health Act
Year of Public Health Act
1848
The Bloody Code
The Bloody Code
Over 200 offences punished by hanging