1. Analyzing Primary Sources What disturbed Henry Analyzing Primary Sources
What disturbed Henry Mayhew about the scene he
observed at the dockyards? What conditions existed in the home he visited?
Why do you think the wife had to take in laundry? How might this family have
benefited from the organization of a union of unskilled laborers?

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.