Which community settled around Scotland Road in Liverpool?
Irish
Chinese
Italian
After the abolition of slavery, who received financial compensation from the British government?
Former slaves
Shipping companies
Slave owners
What was the Triangular Trade?
The movement of Irish migrants across the sea to England
The freedom foreign entrepreneurs had to start businesses in Britain
The system of trade that relied on enslaved Africans being transported across the Atlantic
In what year was the Slavery Abolition Act introduced?
1833
1807
1757
When did the East India Company take control of most of India?
1857
1657
What British raw material provided power for the Industrial age?
Electricity
Oil
Coal
Which continent was the source of fashionable furniture and fabrics?
America
Asia
Africa
How did the slave plantations help the Industrial Revolution?
They experimented with the first factories
They sent enslaved people to work in British factories
They provided raw materials and investment
In which part of England were most of the cotton mills?
The east
The north
The west
Which organisations pressed for social and political change?
The armed forces and police
The trade unions and the labour movement
The political parties in Parliament