HIST 2200Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cholera, Trienio Liberal, Bourgeoisie
26 Feb 2016
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Massive production of machinery to help expand markets. First happened in great britain, first large factories were built. Large working class in factory first appear in britain. Spread to belgium and holland then to northern france. Majority of the population live in the country to work the land, some people left factories during harvest, came back after harvest. Higher pay in the country than in factories. Brought new hopes (better life, problems being solved), new fears (crime, illness), new problems (poor neighbourhoods), new social movements (government), new forms of art (photography) The railways transformed transportation, before people had to use slow and unreliable means (water and horses) George stephenson english civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use stream locomotives, Liverpool and manchester railway opened in 1830, in the same year there was the first railway causality (deaf man standing on the track and was hit)
