Was Britain a Better Place by 1900
Was Britain a better place by 1900?
This essay covers the years 1750 to 1900. During this period, lasting and sustainable changes took place. It was a period in British history when great industrial towns and cities appeared, vaccinations meant life expectancy was risen and people where linked by roads, canals and trains, that not only went through the cities, but the countryside too. In the 1900 people where better fed and sewage systems where emplaced and the police were enforced. However some of the changes were not so good factories and a larger population where big problem at the time. This essay will argue that Britain was a better place b y 1900.
The changes that took place through this period where truly revolutionary, and today’s Britain is full of reminders of this period. If you look round you will see that transport has changed dramatically, and in the 1750s it took two weeks, by road to reach Edinburgh from London, by 1900 it was much faster and it only took 9 hours by train. Also the motor cars were invented and roads were restored.
Another change that stood out was politics, because not only was it fair, but voting was made open to every man, where as in 1750 only 5% of men could vote. However women cold still not vote 1900 but in 1878 women started a movement called the suffragettes which fought for women’s rights and votes and not long after in 1919 women’s votes were aloud
Education was dramatically changed, most children in England and Wales did not go to school, very few could read and write. Only the sons of the wealthy or the clergy went to school in England. Their sisters were taught at home. However by the 1900s by 1900 many more people could read and write. School was compulsory for all five to twelve year olds for both boys and girl this made a big impact on the speed of change as more people could get job.
One of the most important changes was that in the 1750s people didn’t know that germs caused disease. So if a person
This essay covers the years 1750 to 1900. During this period, lasting and sustainable changes took place. It was a period in British history when great industrial towns and cities appeared, vaccinations meant life expectancy was risen and people where linked by roads, canals and trains, that not only went through the cities, but the countryside too. In the 1900 people where better fed and sewage systems where emplaced and the police were enforced. However some of the changes were not so good factories and a larger population where big problem at the time. This essay will argue that Britain was a better place b y 1900.
The changes that took place through this period where truly revolutionary, and today’s Britain is full of reminders of this period. If you look round you will see that transport has changed dramatically, and in the 1750s it took two weeks, by road to reach Edinburgh from London, by 1900 it was much faster and it only took 9 hours by train. Also the motor cars were invented and roads were restored.
Another change that stood out was politics, because not only was it fair, but voting was made open to every man, where as in 1750 only 5% of men could vote. However women cold still not vote 1900 but in 1878 women started a movement called the suffragettes which fought for women’s rights and votes and not long after in 1919 women’s votes were aloud
Education was dramatically changed, most children in England and Wales did not go to school, very few could read and write. Only the sons of the wealthy or the clergy went to school in England. Their sisters were taught at home. However by the 1900s by 1900 many more people could read and write. School was compulsory for all five to twelve year olds for both boys and girl this made a big impact on the speed of change as more people could get job.
One of the most important changes was that in the 1750s people didn’t know that germs caused disease. So if a person