Lecture Notes on Industrial Revolution, Slave Trade, and Convicts

Flashcards about the Industrial Revolution, Transatlantic Slave Trade, and Convict Transportation to Australia.

Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution

Children as young as 6 worked long hours for little to no pay in dangerous conditions.

Why Children Were Hired During the Industrial Revolution

They were cheap and small, allowing them to fit under large machines.

Punishments for Child Laborers

Cutting off hair, sleeping on the floor with a blanket, and little to no food.

Reasons People Moved from Rural to Urban Areas

Hoping to find factory work, earn more money, replace jobs lost to machines, escape crop failure/drought, limited healthcare/education, and address rural population growth.

Transatlantic Slave Trade

A system where European ships traded goods for slaves in West Africa, transported them to the Americas via the Middle Passage for forced labor, and then shipped goods back to Europe.

Middle Passage

The voyage that took slaves to the Americas to be sold.

Conditions of the Middle Passage

Generally took 6-8 weeks with horrible conditions, suffocation, chains, disease, little food, and severe abuse.

Why Convicts Were Sent to Australia

Overcrowding in prisons due to high poverty and crime led to sending convicts overseas for labor.

Conditions in Prison Hulks

Overcrowded, cramped, little food, malnutrition, diseases, lack of sanitation, and no medical attention.