Changes in 17th Century England
How far was ‘the world turned upside down’ from 1600 to 1700? 10/5/13
In the 17th Century people talked about ‘the world turned upside down’ because they felt that there was so many things that changed in that century that if somebody had left England in 1600 and arrived again in 1700, it have changed so much that the world would have seemed upside-down. However, there is disagreement about how much it changed, as some things still stayed the same during that time, and in this essay I will explore to what extent England was changed in this time, and also how much it stayed the same.
One part of life that changed a lot was Science, this is because lots of new understandings and inventions such as the discovery of gravity, the discovery of cells, the invention of a drastically more powerful microscope and the invention of a machine that could lift up water in any weather, with no human effort. These were very important discoveries because, the discovery of cells lead to many great medical discoveries, and without it we would not have all of the medicines we have now, and many lives would have been lost. Thomas Savery’s ‘engine for lifting water by fire’ was a very important discovery, as it was the first machine that could do work with no human effort, and did not require the weather to be good. This invention lead to other machines like it, and eventually to power generators, which still use the same principle of evaporating water to make steam, and using the steam to turn generators. Another part of life that changed a lot was economy, because in the 17th century England became much richer, started trading all over the world and the bank of England and stock exchange were set up. Before 1600, merchants were considered a lot less respected than they did afterwards, as trade grew strongly in England merchants were more important and therefore more respected. The main change in England economically was the start of banking. Once
In the 17th Century people talked about ‘the world turned upside down’ because they felt that there was so many things that changed in that century that if somebody had left England in 1600 and arrived again in 1700, it have changed so much that the world would have seemed upside-down. However, there is disagreement about how much it changed, as some things still stayed the same during that time, and in this essay I will explore to what extent England was changed in this time, and also how much it stayed the same.
One part of life that changed a lot was Science, this is because lots of new understandings and inventions such as the discovery of gravity, the discovery of cells, the invention of a drastically more powerful microscope and the invention of a machine that could lift up water in any weather, with no human effort. These were very important discoveries because, the discovery of cells lead to many great medical discoveries, and without it we would not have all of the medicines we have now, and many lives would have been lost. Thomas Savery’s ‘engine for lifting water by fire’ was a very important discovery, as it was the first machine that could do work with no human effort, and did not require the weather to be good. This invention lead to other machines like it, and eventually to power generators, which still use the same principle of evaporating water to make steam, and using the steam to turn generators. Another part of life that changed a lot was economy, because in the 17th century England became much richer, started trading all over the world and the bank of England and stock exchange were set up. Before 1600, merchants were considered a lot less respected than they did afterwards, as trade grew strongly in England merchants were more important and therefore more respected. The main change in England economically was the start of banking. Once