1. Two reasons why industrialization happened in England/Britain first.
-large labour force
-access to raw materials
-laissez-faire, pro-business government government
-capital to invest
2. Two advances of the Industrial Revolution.
-steam, steam engine
-factories, idea of mass production
-canals
3. How did coal contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
-needed coal to run the steam machines which in turn ran engines - in factories, trains, boats etc...
4. Explain two societal changes that occurred during the Industrial Revolution.
-rural to urban migration
-cottage industry became obsolete -->factories
-children worked
-work was dangerous and unsafe
-women didn't work inside the home
5. What is decolonization? Provide a specific example of how the Railway museum is decolonizing.
-undoing the process of colonization/colonialism
-coming to terms and owning our past and understanding what happened and how
-giving the less dominant narrative a voice
-truth and reconciliation - reconciling our past doings (as a nation).
examples: trying to bring forth the less dominant narrative, tell the stories of the porters and the Chinese railway workers and make them become part of the fabric of our nation, the museum - give them voice.
