How Britain Changed Between 1750 and 1900
Work
Britain in 1750 In 1750 there were lots of agricultural jobs, men usually worked on farms (were laborers) doing physical jobs like:
• Looking after the animals
• Being a milkman
• Harvesting crops
• Sowing broadcast
• Dibbling
• Threshing
• Breaking stones
The women did a lot more in the domestic system they would usually stay at home and:
• Cook food
• Wash clothes
• Sew and make clothes
They were very involved textiles and the making of cloth, they would spin the wool at home using hand looms or spinning wheels then the men would weave it into cloth. This was a good way to suplement the men’s income as farmers.
There were also a few craft-based jobs in 1750 such as cobblers or blacksmiths, and a few people worked on boats.
Britain in 1900 There was a big change in jobs in 1900 due to the industrial revolution and factories being built. There was hardly anybody working in agriculture as the pay was a lot better in factories, the only the people that were were the ones that lived in the countryside’s. Lots of people worked in mines, mining for raw materials such as coal, iron ore and limestone to make iron and there were also quite a few copper mines around. The manufacturing industry/factory system became huge thanks to the invention of a steam engine. Factories had to be built as the new steam-powered machines were too big to fit in people’s houses. The factories were 2 or more stories high with a couple of windows for light. The rooms were very big and packed with rows upon rows of machines; the workers would usually work on a couple of machines at a time. The working hours were very long and children as young as 4 or 5 would work in the factory’s as they could get into small gaps under and in the machine. The factories people worked in were:
• Wool Mills
• Breweries
• Iron Works
• Cotton Works
In the cotton works were big steam-powered machines such as power looms, spinning machines and winding machines.
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Britain in 1750 In 1750 there were lots of agricultural jobs, men usually worked on farms (were laborers) doing physical jobs like:
• Looking after the animals
• Being a milkman
• Harvesting crops
• Sowing broadcast
• Dibbling
• Threshing
• Breaking stones
The women did a lot more in the domestic system they would usually stay at home and:
• Cook food
• Wash clothes
• Sew and make clothes
They were very involved textiles and the making of cloth, they would spin the wool at home using hand looms or spinning wheels then the men would weave it into cloth. This was a good way to suplement the men’s income as farmers.
There were also a few craft-based jobs in 1750 such as cobblers or blacksmiths, and a few people worked on boats.
Britain in 1900 There was a big change in jobs in 1900 due to the industrial revolution and factories being built. There was hardly anybody working in agriculture as the pay was a lot better in factories, the only the people that were were the ones that lived in the countryside’s. Lots of people worked in mines, mining for raw materials such as coal, iron ore and limestone to make iron and there were also quite a few copper mines around. The manufacturing industry/factory system became huge thanks to the invention of a steam engine. Factories had to be built as the new steam-powered machines were too big to fit in people’s houses. The factories were 2 or more stories high with a couple of windows for light. The rooms were very big and packed with rows upon rows of machines; the workers would usually work on a couple of machines at a time. The working hours were very long and children as young as 4 or 5 would work in the factory’s as they could get into small gaps under and in the machine. The factories people worked in were:
• Wool Mills
• Breweries
• Iron Works
• Cotton Works
In the cotton works were big steam-powered machines such as power looms, spinning machines and winding machines.
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