British History 1750-1900

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Britain 1750-1900 (Expansion, Trade and industry) is a key History Curriculum subject for year 9 in the National Curriculum for England. We have tried to include materials to support this (including pages on every year 1750-1900)

Arthur Sullivan	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	Atlantic slave trade
Benjamin Disraeli	Chartism	David Livingstone
Early modern Britain	Elizabeth Fry	England expects that every man will do his duty
English Poor Laws	Ernest Rutherford	Florence Nightingale
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava	George III of the United Kingdom	George IV of the United Kingdom
Kingdom of Great Britain	Kingdom of Ireland	Martello tower
Mary Seacole	Robert Owen	Robert Peel
Robert Stephenson	Romanticism	Scramble for Africa
The Great Exhibition	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	William Ewart Gladstone
William IV of the United Kingdom