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Life in Eighteenth Century England

Life in Eighteenth Century England. Overview. 1780’s Industrial Revolution Farming Rural – urban shift 1712 importance of steam discovered Beginning of Empire 1707 Act of Union. Society. 1700 population c. 6.5 million, 1801 c. 9 million plus Land Class Society

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Life in Eighteenth Century England

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  1. Life in Eighteenth Century England

  2. Overview • 1780’s Industrial Revolution • Farming • Rural – urban shift • 1712 importance of steam discovered • Beginning of Empire • 1707 Act of Union

  3. Society • 1700 population c. 6.5 million, • 1801 c. 9 million plus • Land • Class Society • Half population lived below subsistence level • Alcohol a problem

  4. Towns • Grew larger • New Industrial Towns • Improvements for some • Slum conditions for others

  5. Agriculture • New Inventions • Practice of slaughtering livestock • Crop rotation changes • Enclosure developed • Selective breeding developed • Diet

  6. Homes • Luxury • Country Homes • Robert Adam • Chippendale et al • The poor • The Working Class

  7. Chippendale

  8. Hepplewhite

  9. Sheraton

  10. Clothing • Men • Women • Fashion Important

  11. Leisure • Traditional Games • Horse Racing • Theatre • Assembly Rooms • Pleasure Gardens • Cricket • Spa’s and seaside • Reading • Blood sports • Public executions • Grand Tour of Europe

  12. Education • Charity Schools • Wealthy boys schools • Wealthy girls schools • Protestants

  13. Transport • Acts of Parliament • Tolls • Canals • Packhorse • Highwaymen • Smuggling

  14. Medicine • Anatomical knowledge • Surgeons • Scurvy • Smallpox inoculation • Vaccination • Superstition

  15. Art and Science • Gainsborough and Reynolds • Academy of Arts • Oxygen • Cavendish • Herschel • Telford

  16. Religion • Church Services • Drop in numbers amongst poor • Whitefield • Wesley • Revival

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