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What is the 18th century?
The century in which the IR started
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What is the "Cat o' Nine Tails"?
A whip that has nine lashes with knots, used for punishment
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What is "transportation"?
The term used to describe the sending of convicts to Australia
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What is The Triangular Trade?
The swapping of goods between Britian, Africa and America
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
US President that abolished Slavery
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What is the 19th century?
The century in which the IR ended
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What is the middle passage?
The route that slaves were taken from Africa to America
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What is a "hulk"?
The term for a retired ship that is now used as a floating prison
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What is abolition?
To permanently and legally get rid of a process, act or system, e.g. the _________ of slavery.
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Who is James Watt?
Inventor of the steam engine
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What is the spinning jenny?
The multi-spindle spinning frame invented by James Hargreaves
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What is "Chattel Slavery"?
The term describes a type of slavery, where the slaves were treated like cattle.
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When did the first fleet land?
1788.
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What is urbanisation?
The process where people migrate from rural to city areas.
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Who is Captain Arthur Phillip?
Captain of the first fleet
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What is steam power? (steam engine)
The technology development that converted heat into power for labour.
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What is the "tight pack" method?
The method of packing the most amount of slaves that would fit onto a ship
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What is a "mess"?
A grouping of convicts on a ship
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What is disapora?
The mass migration of a group of people from their homeland
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Who is Alexander Pearce?
The convict that ate his fellow escapees.
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What is the textile industry?
The dominant manufacturing industry during the IR.
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What is The Zong?
The slave ship that had "human cargo" thrown overboard to their death for insurance money
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What is "Portsmouth"?
The port where the first fleet departed
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What is a "luddite"?
A person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology, derived from English workers who destroyed machinery
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Who is William Wilberforce?
Leader of the slavery abolition movement.
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