Post on 12-Apr-2017
Growth of Cities
• Cities were unprepared for the rapid growth
• Positive results of the Industrial Revolution1. Middle class dramatically increased2. Mass produced goods improved the lives of
the rich and poor3. Middle class could move into the upper class
Upper Middle
Class
Lower Middle Class
Poor Workers
• Negative results of the Industrial Revolution1. Workers endured dangerous working
conditions 2. Health problems due to pollution
Unions formed to try to improve the workers wages and working conditions
Britain tries to help the workers:
1833 Factory Act – put limits on child labor and required children to attend school 3 hours a day
Mines Act – barred women and boys under the age of 10 from working in the mines
Ten Hour Bill – women and children could only work 10 hours
Religious Transformation
John Wesley• One of the
greatest preachers in Britain
• Methodist
George Whitefield• Another influential
preacher• Had an international
ministry• Played a key role in the
Great Awakening in the colonies
Slavery and Slave Trade
In Britain
• Quakers were the first religious group to combat slavery
John Newton
• Wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace”• Former slave-ship captain• Became outspoken critic of slavery
John Newton
William Wilberforce
• Member of Parliament• Lead the effort to abolish slavery in the British
empire• Supported the Committee for the Abolition of
the Slave Trade
William Wilberforce
In America
• William Lloyd Garrison– Editor of the
newspaper The Liberator
– A famous abolitionist
• Frederick Douglas– Former slave– Famous abolitionist
France
• Napoleon revived slavery when he became the First Consul
• Ended in 1804
Muslim World
• Several million live in slavery TODAY!