HIST 101 Study Guide - Truck System, Responsible Government, New South Wales 48 Class Locomotive
16 Dec 2012
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Mostly from west of england and southern ireland. Nfl had become an attractive destination for immigrants-- high wages in shery and low passenger fares. British government was passing various passenger acts, trying to cut down on passenger abuse. - lots of people died due to poor accommodations for passengers. Traded with southern europe, brazil, and caribbean. -- women were active in the shing process; after men caught them, women had to clean and dry the sh. - truck system: planters and shermen felt that merchants " xed" prices of supplies and sh. Ethnic tensions: irish catholics vs. english protestants: in some areas, no intermarriage, separate small communities in bays. native vs. non-native: divisions among those born in nfl and those who were immigrants. Rural: there"s still tension between townies and baymen. Greater security in land tenure: people need land to settle shery. 1832: representative government-- problems: irish and english tensions--- nothing accomplished through representative government.
