The Romantic period witnessed enormous political and social upheaval with such political events and social processes as the American and French Revolutions, the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the prosecution and criticism of the transatlantic slave trade, the Great Reform Act of 1832, the Industrial Revolution, and much more. In this period Britain relinquished its American Colonies but found a new empire in other parts of the world, transforming itself into a global superpower. The Romantic Age saw a wholesale change in the ways in which many people lived and this was reflected in the culture of the time. It was a time when Britons forged a new national and imperial identity defined against the cultures and peoples of the world that they encountered in accounts of travel, exploration and colonial settlement.
In the 1750s Edinburgh and London were the only cities to exceed a popn. of 50,000. By 1801 there were eight towns that size.
A few interesting facts:
From 1771 to 1831 the population of England doubled from 6.4 million (less than the present population of London) to 13 million.In the 1750s Edinburgh and London were the only cities to exceed a popn. of 50,000. By 1801 there were eight towns that size.
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