The romantic age

By Maariikoo
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

    •end of the 18th century
    •open fields were enclosed and agriculture was intensified, animals were bred selectively, soil were drained to make them more fertile
    TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
    •steam engine (1712,Thomas Newcomen) made pumping water out of coal mines possible
    •steam engine (1769,James Watt) more powerful and wasted less fuel
    •loom (1787,Edmund Cartwright) linked cloth manufacture to water and steam power,

  • George III

    George III
    •60 year of reign
    •tries to reduce the public debt introducing
    new duties on corn, paper and tea ---> fierce opposition in the American colonies
    •taxation on tea maintained

  • The colonists

    The colonists
    Many colonists had become resentful of British
    rule, which imposed a strict control on trade.
    They began to think that they should only
    pay taxes approved by their local governing
    assemblies.

  • The Boston tea party

    The Boston tea party
    •some rebels dressed as Native Americans, threw the British tea coming India, into the harbour.
    •reason: maintained that the taxes were unjust, as the
    colonies had no political power: they sai, 'No
    taxation without representation:

  • The war of indipendence

    The war of indipendence
    • The Americans divided into Patriots, who wanted independence, and Loyalists, who wanted to remain part of Britain •The Americans set up an army under
    the command of George Washington (1732-99)
    to face the stronger and better trained British
    army.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence
    The Congress, made by the representatives from
    13 of the colonies, signed the Declaration of
    Independence, written by Thomas
    Jefferson, a lawyer from Virginia.

  • The battle of Yorktown

    The battle of Yorktown
    •the British army was defeated.

  • The Treaty of Versailles

    •England recognise the independence of its colonies

  • William Pitt

    William Pitt
    •after the loss of America George III asked William Pitt the Younger to become prime minister
    •18 years of office
    •he tries to reduce national debt and promote new trades

  • The federal constitution

    •The new republic of the United States of America
    adopted a federal constitution

  • George Washington

    George Washington
    •first american president

  • Society of united Irishmen

    •Ireland
    •group of Catholics founded the Society of United Irishmen, they wanted to form they own republic.

  • The Irish uprising

    The Irish uprising
    •organized uprising, which failed
    • Pitt allow to sit at Westminster, to prevent other rebellions

  • The act of Union

    The act of Union
    •joined Ireland and Britain to form the new
    United Kingdom.
    •The Irish flag was added to create the Union Jack that is still used today.

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    •George III became incapable of reigning
    •he suffered of what doctors has defined as "royal madness"

  • Recency

    Recency
    •George III died
    •George IV succeeded his father and became king, in 1811 he was made Prince Regent (Regency)

  • Trade unions

    Trade unions
    •association of workers were legalized

  • William IV

    William IV
    •George IV died
    •he is succeeded by his brother William IV
    •his reign last 7 years (1837)

  • Great Reform Act

    Great Reform Act
    •It extended the vote to almost all male members of
    the middle classes

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    •parliament abolished slavery in the West Indies
    •Factory Act limited factory employment of children under 9.

  • Victoria

    Victoria
    •William IV died in 1837 and his 18-year-old Victoria, succeeded him to the British