Which is the defining invention of the Industrial Revolution?
A、The spinning jenny
B、The spinning mule
C、The steam engine
D、The steam-powered ships
A、The spinning jenny
B、The spinning mule
C、The steam engine
D、The steam-powered ships
A、In England, process of urbanization hasn't started until the 20th century.
B、On the whole, working-class neighborhoods were clean.
C、Workers themselves initiated activities to protect their own interests, the most important of which may have been the establishment of the trade unions.
D、Most middle-class adult women were encouraged to work outside the home.
A、Adam Smith
B、James Hargreaves
C、James Watt
D、Robert Fulton
During the Industrial Revolution, manual labor was gradually replaced by machine production. As a result, a large number of handicraftsmen went bankrupt, workers lost their jobs, and wages fell. At that time, workers regarded machines as a source of poverty, and destroyed machines as a means to oppose business owners and improve working conditions. Do you think the use of machinery will increase unemployment? What do you think of the development of artificial intelligence? Please state your opinions for these two questions.
It is said that when Watt saw the boiling water in the kettle, the steam lifted the lid of the kettle, and he was inspired to eventually invent the steam engine. So did Newton when he saw an apple fall from the tree. Everybody sees these phenomena everyday, which are so common that we tend to take them for granted. Why do you think Watt and Newton could be inspired by these commonly-seen things and make breakthrough invention or discovery? What qualities are needed for scientific discovery? Please state your views for these two questions.
A、Charles I made a public commitment at the beginning of his reign to rule by law and protect the Protestant establishment, but he soon proved otherwise.
B、Charles I attempted to impose a new, Arminian prayer book upon both England and Scotland.
C、French Catholic princess Henrietta Maria was allowed to practice her religion openly and freely.
D、In 1629, Charles I dismissed Parliament again, resolved to rule alone and started his “Eleven Year Tyranny”.
A、Landowners were eligible to vote a new House of Commons every six years.
B、Membership into the upper house of Parliament, the House of Lords, was not limited to hereditary, appointed lords and high church clergy.
C、Parliament passed laws, controlled foreign policy, and approved the taxes that allowed the monarch to pay the salaries of officials, the military, and the royal family.
D、The Tory dominated the governments of George I and George II.
A、James I
B、Charles I
C、Charles II
D、James II
A、Urbanism
B、Mercantilism
C、Individualism
D、Collectivism
A、The poor law was updated.
B、Child labor was restricted.
C、Common people were endowed with the right to vote freely.
D、Slavery was abolished in nearly all the British Empire.
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