Industrial Britain

c.1750-1900

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Britain changed more during this era than at any other time. People moved from the countryside to the new towns and cities. The way people worked changed, as did they way they lived - not always for the better.

Britain became the world's biggest superpower with the huge increase in industrial production, and imperial expansion.

The working class started to act together to demand changes and improvements in their conditions. The French Revolution was a shock to the establishment, and they tried to tread a fine line between keeping the working class controlled and keeping them contented.

The backstreets of an industrial town

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Industrial Britain

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How have these changed? Crime, Protest, Punishment and Policing.

What happened in?

Early-Modern

c.1500-1750

Kett's Rebellion, Pilgrimage of Grace, Gunpowder Plot, Vagabonds, Poaching, Smuggling, Highwaymen, Witchcraft, Corporal Punishment, Bloody Code........more

Industrial Britain

c.1750-1900

Theft and robbery, Poverty, Police, Transportation, Prisons, Luddites, Swing Riots, Tolpuddle, Rebecca, Chartism, Prison Reformers, Dock Strike........more

Twentieth Century

1900-2000

Suffrage Movement, Conscientious Objectors, General Strike, Hanging, Youth Detention, Fingerprinting, DNA, Surveillance, Drug Crime, Hooliganism, Community Service, Race Crime.........more

Who were?

Robert Aske, Matthew Hopkins, Jonathan Wild, Dick Turpin, John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, Derek Bentley........more