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- 3. He promoted the agricultural Revolution and was nicknamed “Farmer George”.
- 8. In 1773 the colonies rebelled against Britain at the Boston Tea Party.
- 9. They threw tea into the harbour and used the slogan “No taxation without representation”
- 11. On 4 July 1776 they signed the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson
- 14. Increase in population – increase in trade = new market for new goods and new labour force to produce and buy them
- 18. It was used in the coal mines to pump water out of the mines.
- 19. Due to the industrial growth, the domestic transport needed to be improved. Turnpikes or toll roads and a canal system with locks were built.
- 23. Population moved to new industrial areas, where mushroom towns were built to house workers.
- 24. Women and children were highly prized and exploited by employers (= less paid; easy to control).
- 25. Labourers were called “hands”. They lived and worked in appaling conditions. They had no rights nor regulations to control their working hours.