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Blake Soc/Hist Context Cards
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- 1When were the Terrors?1793
- 2What were the terrors?France declared war on England
Riots in England
People turn anti-revolution - 3When was Habeas Corpus suspended?1794
- 4What was Habeas Corpus?Basic defense of personal freedom
- 5What's a Jacobin?Member of a pro-French Revolution club
- 6What did Republicans support?System of power
Elected leader at the top
Leader is the people's representative - 7When was the storming of the Bastille?1789
- 8What was the Storming of the Bastille?Where the constitutional monarchy had been established- it was beseiged
- 9When were the Enclosures Acts?Tudor to late 1700s
- 10What were the Enclosures Acts?Enclosing of common land to be privately owned by rich people.
Known as 'binding'
OOH! 'binding with briars my joys and desires' !!!!!!!!!! (Garden of Love, SOE) - 11Who sold the chimney sweeps?Workhouses
Impoverished parents - 12At what age were children sold to be chimney sweeps?As young as 4 or 5, employed for as long as 7 years. The job caused testicular cancer, life-long respiratory difficulties and affected eyesight
- 13What are charters?Formed document from state, specifying the rights of a city or bank. Person who issues these restrictions has great power.
- 14Why were children abandoned?Illegitimate
Orphans - 15When were the Songs of Innocence?1789
- 16When did the French Revolution begin?1789
- 17When were the Songs of Innocence AND Experience?1794
- 18Chapbooks- what were they?small, cheap booklets produced for the poorer people. They covered stories, news, moral tales etc
William Blake's parody -'so if all do their duty, they need not fear harm' (Chimney Sweep, SOI) or 'lest you drive an angel from your door' (Holy Thursday) - 19What happened to child apprentices, who came to the city from pauper backgrounds?They were taken into workhouses and orphanages, working long hours, from 12-18 hours a day. Their wages would go to the orphanage/workhouse. They worked 12-18 hours a day.
- 20Why were so many children having to work dangerous jobs such as chimney-sweeping or operating machineryPoverty.
Either their family needed the money to survive, or they had no family and had to be cared for by charity or workhouses. - 21How many percent of children born in London in Blake's time died before they were five years old?74%
- 22How many percent of children born in London in workhouses in Blake's time died before they were 5 years old?over 90%
- 23There was the Christ's Hospital for legitimate orphans and foundlings, but what about illegitimate children?They were prohibited from being cared for there.
- 24Quote from the Proverbs of Hell:'Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion'
- 25Good luck in the exam!