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The Georgians
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Website 1
Meet the four Hanoverian kings named George. (Launch the interactive timeline and choose "The House of Hanover" at the top of the box, then test yourself with a game.)
Website 2
Explore a timeline of British Prime Ministers, from Walpole, the first Prime Minister, to Pitt the Younger and Earl Grey. (Launch the timeline, click on "1720" then click on the large arrow at the top of the pop-up box to move up the timeline.)
Website 3
Follow Bonnie Prince Charlie's journey to raise a Jacobite rebellion and reclaim the British throne for his father, James Stuart.
Website 4
See pictures of the Jacobite army, the Government army and battle maps. (Scroll down and click on links that interest you.)
Website 5
Read about inventions that brought about the Agricultural Revolution. (For a timeline, click on "Chronology".)
Website 6
Learn about the roles of different people involved in the slave trade system. (Click on "Online Activities" then "Understanding the Slave Trade System".)
Website 7
Take a video tour of New Lanark, a cotton factory in Scotland and see inside a mill worker's house in the early 1800s. (To explore the house, point your mouse at "Education" and click on "Kids" then "Victorian Life". To take the tour, point your mouse at "Gallery" and click on "Video Tour".)
Website 8
See how water powered Sarehole Mill. (Click on "The Mill Pond" and "How it Works". Sarehole was an old corn-grinding mill built in 1765, but in the Industrial Revolution it became one of the first mills to be adapted for metal rolling and blade grinding.)
Website 9
Investigate an early steam engine, "The Rocket" designed by George Stephenson.
Website 10
Explore the industrial inventions and developments pioneered in the West Midlands in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Website 11
Watch video clips that show how industrial processes came to be used on very fine pieces of art and craft. (Click on "A Cast of Thousands" and "Georgian delights".)
Website 12
Meet the engineer James Watt and the scientist Joseph Priestley and find out more about their contributions with online activities.
Website 13
Captain James Cook, his life and historic voyages.
Website 14
Follow an animated map of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.
Website 15
Examine a portrait of George Washington.
Website 16
Explore the causes and consequences of the American Revolution.
Website 17
Test your knowledge of the American Revolution and navigate your way to independence.
Website 18
Examine a portrait of a Georgian gentleman by Joshua Reynolds. (To see another Georgian portrait, click on "Peter du Cane".)
Website 19
Take a photo tour of Houghton Hall, the stately home of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister.
Website 20
See panoramic movies of the Brighton Royal Pavilion, designed by John Nash for the Prince Regent. (Click on "About the Palace" then "George IV" to find out more about George IV.)
Website 21
Listen to poems by Blake, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge and other Romantic poets.
Website 22
Read a brief biography of John Constable, and see some of his most famous paintings.
Website 23
Discover lots of different paintings by J.M.W. Turner. (Choose a subject such as clouds, water or boats.)
Website 24
Walk through a Georgian house or watch movies about life for a wealthy family in Georgian Edinburgh.
Website 25
Take a close-up look at a portrait of Queen Victoria, aged 24, a few years after her coronation. (Click on the zoom tools.)
Website 26
Read the story of the United Kingdom and the Union Jack flag.
Website 27
View a timeline of key events in Georgian Britain.
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About this book
History of Britain
The Georgians
- From the elegance of stately homes, to the squalor of the slums, this book tells the story of life in Georgian Britain.
- Full of intriguing facts, illustrations, photographs, detailed reconstructions, paintings, maps and timelines.
- Includes links to websites to find out more information via the Usborne Quicklinks Website as well as lists of places to visit throughout Britain.
From the elegance of stately homes, to the squalor of the slums, this book tells the story of life in Georgian Britain. Full of intriguing facts, illustrations, photographs, detailed reconstructions, paintings, maps and timelines. Includes links to websites to find out more information via the Usborne Quicklinks Website as well as lists of places to visit throughout Britain.
Ruth Brocklehurst
When she wasn’t out riding her bike or making things out of loo rolls and scraps of fabric, Ruth Brocklehurst spent much of her childhood reading – especially historical novels and whodunits. Since joining Usborne in 2000, she has written and edited countless books on everything from craft activities and history, to creative writing, space exploration and dinosaurs. If she could go back in time she’d like to meet Mary Queen of Scots.
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