The Romantic Age - Introduction and Histrorical background

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The Romantic Age - Introduction and Histrorical background
  1. 1760 - 1837 is known also as "Age of Revolutions"
    1. Industrial Revolution (1790 - 1830)
      1. change from rural to an industrial economy
        1. deep contrasts in the social organization
          1. countryside: poverty mainly due to:
            1. Enclousure Acts
              1. the open farmland that could be freely used by everyone became enclosed and sold to the private owners
            2. poor harvest
              1. high prices
                1. decline of domestic industries
                  1. new social class
                    1. workers
                      1. had no land and weren't represented in parliament
                  2. American Revolution (1776 - 83)
                    1. demand for indipendence
                      1. 4TH JULY 1776 = DECLARATION OF INDIPENDENCE
                        1. separation between GB and the 13 colonies
                      2. BIRTH OF USA
                        1. George Washington
                          1. first President of the USA
                            1. increase in migration towards the West
                              1. after DISCOVERY OF GOLD
                                1. Native americans = EXTERMINATED
                      3. French Revolution (1789)
                        1. supported by poets like Blake, Wordsworth and Colerdige
                          1. became bloody and violent
                            1. with the Napoleonic wars the power of France increased and this feared England
                              1. 1792-1815 and in 1804 Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor of France and wanted to conquer Europe
                                1. Battle of Waterloo = Napoleon is defeated in 1815
                        2. Reaction against excessive faith in rationality
                          1. Celebrated harmony between men and nature, freedom, spontaneity
                            1. power of the individual and his imagination
                            2. Men's escape from urbanization
                              1. POLITIC
                                1. George ||| and William Pitt the Younger
                                  1. reign: 1760-1820
                                    1. prime minister
                                      1. against French egemony
                                      2. strenghtened his position by increasing his power
                                      3. rigid governing policy and repression of any form of revolt
                                        1. conservative ideas
                                          1. defence of the interest of the aristocracy
                                      4. EONOMY AFTER THE NAPOLENIC WARS
                                        1. heavy taxation,unemployment and social problems
                                          1. workers replaced by machines
                                            1. increase in production
                                              1. BUT ALSO
                                                1. growing unemployment and frustration
                                                  1. LUDDIT RIOTS
                                                    1. 1811-12: destroyed machines
                                            2. 1819: Peterloo Massacre
                                              1. 11 people killed
                                                1. they only met to discuss the rise in bread prices
                                            3. POVERTY AND EXPLOTATION
                                              1. work in extreme conditions
                                                1. low wages, long hours and children
                                                  1. laissez-faire attitude = NO INTERVENTION
                                                    1. Many people lived in SLUMS
                                                    2. George ||| dies
                                                      1. George IV follows
                                                        1. William IV's reign
                                                          1. = REFORMS
                                                            1. 1832: Reform Bill
                                                              1. = vote extended to the middle classes
                                                              2. 1833: Factory Act
                                                                1. made illegal employment of children < 9 years
                                                                2. 1834: Poor Law Amendment Act
                                                                  1. helped the homeless
                                                                    1. gave also work in the WORKHOUSES
                                                          2. POSITION OF WOMEN
                                                            1. object of discrimination
                                                              1. upper classes
                                                                1. recieved basic education
                                                              2. ENGLISH COLONIES
                                                                1. acceleration
                                                                  1. slavery
                                                                    1. profitable trade
                                                                      1. 1833: ABOLISHED
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