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Life In England in the 18th Century

Life in England was very different for the rich and the poor. The industrial revolution stared in the middle of the century. Machines replaced peoples jobs which meant the poor got poorer because their jobs were gone and the rich got richer.

It was a hard life for the poor with people looking for their next meal or even somewhere to sleep. The rich was a smaller population but lived a life of luxury in fabulous mansions.

Half the children born did not live past age of 2 years old.

Food

The food that poor people ate was very plain. Meals were mainly potatoes and bread and meat was a rare luxury.

Drinking tea became popular because it was a cheap, warm drink for both the rich and the poor. A tradition the English are still known for today.

Their nutrition was horrible and people did not live as long as they do today.

The rich had lots of food such as meats, fruits and jelly for dessert.

Poor people wore basic clothes and rags and did not get to wash their clothes very often. Shoes were not made to different sizes like they are today.

Men wore knee length breeches with stockings a waist cost and jacket. Men also wore wigs and pointed hats.

Women wore fabulous dresses with hoops underneath and petticoats and carried fans in their hands and also wore wigs as well.

Fashion

Martha Baker in England

Martha Baker was a servant who lived in London and committed a crime of assaulting a man called William Pretty making him in fear of losing his life.

She stole from him a watch with a value of 40s, a watch key worth 1d and a seal worth 2s.

She was convicted aged 25 on the 30 August 1786 to 7 years transportation to New South Wales, Australia. She was held over in a prison called Newgate prison in England before she was sent on a boat called the

Lady Penrhyn along with 288 other convicts, 101 of those convicts were females. Her sentence was short compared to others.

the first fleet

Prisoners from England were no longer able to be sent to America so a new place needed to be found so Australia was chosen.

11 boats called Hulks set sail from Spithead in Portsmouth to Australia on the 13 May 1787.

The Lady Penrhyn and not been put on the water before being one of the 11 ships of the First Fleet being sent to Botany Bay.

The 101 female convicts caused lost of trouble on the voyage because of fighting thieving and arguing with each other.