ALACV101 LEA - civilisation britannique
1er semestre 2008-2009
C. Kohler
weeks 2 and 3
The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
Before working on the questions below, read in your syllabus “The First Factory Act, 1802”,
Alexis de Tocqueville Voyages en Angleterre et en Irlande de 1835 and “Children in Coal
Mines”.
Go to the university website for the “département d’études anglo-américaines” at the
following address:
http://anglais.u-paris10.fr/
Dans la colonne de gauche sur fond beige, cliquez sur “Documents”, dans la colonne sur fond
jaune qui apparait ensuite à droite de l’écran, cliquez sur « Documents S1 (L1) »
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KOHLER » sur lequel vous cliquez (attention il existe également un article « LLCE ALACV101 - C KOHLER » qui s’adresse aux étudiants de LLCE)
Read the document entitled “The changing face of the countryside”
To help you answer the questions, also look at the following websites:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IndustrialRevolution.htm
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/victorianbritain
1. Before the Industrial Revolution there was an agrarian revolution in Britain. The main
feature was the improvement in farming techniques and the disappearance of open
field villages after the enclosure system was adopted.
Explain.
2. Find a definition of the Industrial Revolution, indicating particularly the date when it
took place in Great Britain
3. What were the main technical innovations during the Industrial revolution? Find out
more about:
a. John Kay’s flying shuttle
b. James Hargreaves’ spinning jenny
c. Richard Arkwright’s water frame
d. the Darby brothers and the production of iron
e. James Watt and the steam engine
4. What is free trade. Who defined it and what were the main principles of this economic
theory?
5. After reading the extract from the 1842 report on Children in Coal Mines , describe
the conditions of work of these children .
6. Who was Robert Owen? What was special about his New Lanark textile factories?