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Flashcards by soozi fullstop, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by soozi fullstop
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| Question | Answer |
| When were the Terrors? | 1793 |
| What were the terrors? | France declared war on England Riots in England People turn anti-revolution |
| When was Habeas Corpus suspended? | 1794 |
| What was Habeas Corpus? | Basic defense of personal freedom |
| What's a Jacobin? | Member of a pro-French Revolution club |
| What did Republicans support? | System of power Elected leader at the top Leader is the people's representative |
| When was the storming of the Bastille? | 1789 |
| What was the Storming of the Bastille? | Where the constitutional monarchy had been established- it was beseiged |
| When were the Enclosures Acts? | Tudor to late 1700s |
| What 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) |
| Who sold the chimney sweeps? | Workhouses Impoverished parents |
| At 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 |
| What are charters? | Formed document from state, specifying the rights of a city or bank. Person who issues these restrictions has great power. |
| Why were children abandoned? | Illegitimate Orphans |
| When were the Songs of Innocence? | 1789 |
| When did the French Revolution begin? | 1789 |
| When were the Songs of Innocence AND Experience? | 1794 |
| Chapbooks- 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) |
| What 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. |
| Why were so many children having to work dangerous jobs such as chimney-sweeping or operating machinery | Poverty. Either their family needed the money to survive, or they had no family and had to be cared for by charity or workhouses. |
| How many percent of children born in London in Blake's time died before they were five years old? | 74% |
| How many percent of children born in London in workhouses in Blake's time died before they were 5 years old? | over 90% |
| There was the Christ's Hospital for legitimate orphans and foundlings, but what about illegitimate children? | They were prohibited from being cared for there. |
| Quote from the Proverbs of Hell: | 'Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion' |
| Good luck in the exam! |
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