1825 ♥

Population

• About 21 million
• 60% in countryside
• 22 deaths per 1000 died each year
• Lots of children died in 1st year of life

Work

• Many people still worked in workshops
• The cotton industry was more important than the wool industry
• Coal production tripled
• Farmers grew more food
• Grazing land was turned into land for crops
• New crops and farming methods were tried out

Medicine

• A vaccination had been developed for smallpox

• People were crowded into towns so people got cholera, typhoid and tuberculosis
• Didn't undestand about germs

Culture

• Most middle and upper-class boys went to school
• There were elementary schools that provided education for the poor
• There were no new universities
• There was a new interest in religion

Transport

• There were 20,000 miles of turnpike roads
• Many canals had been built. Now there was a network linking important areas
• In mining areas horse-drawn trams and waggons on rails were used
• The first steam railway that transported coal and people ran form Stockton to Darlington
• The journey from London toEdinburgh took 3-5 days by boat and 46 hours by road

Politics

• 5% of the population could vote in elections, but women were not allowed to vote
• Most of Britains growing cities were not allowed to elect there own MP's
• Demands for 'Parliamentary Reform' were made at large meetings. At a political meeting held in Manchester in 1819 to demand reform of Parliament, troops killed 11 people. This event is known as the 'Peterloo Massacre'