Industrial Revolution

- Greater social change took place in Britain during the period 1750-1900.

- Changes were gradual.

- Altered the way most people lived.

- This revolution also had an effect on policing & punishment.

• 1750 - The population was 9.5 million people in England and Wales

• 1900 - The population increased to 41.5 million people

• People lived in towns - crowded in poor housing

• Two centuries of trade and industrial growth had made Britain a wealthy country.

• Income tax was introduced for the first time in the 1790's to help pay for the war against France.

• 1800's - Governments collected higher taxes to pay for reforms that would improve people's lives.

• 1750 - Minority of the children could attend school

• 1880 - Law said all children aged up to 13 years old have to go to school

• 1900 - 95% of the population could read and write compared to 70% in 1850.

• Food prices had always depended on the quality of the harvest.

• If the quality was bad, the poor were in danger of starvation

• 1800's - The harvest was not so vital

• Food could be imported cheaply from abroad.

• The French revolution at the end of the eighteenth century had rung warning bells to British government and Monarchy.

• After 1815 - the was much protests.