Water Wheel to turn machines:
Water Wheel to turn machines
Industrial Revolution Reforms:
Industrial Revolution Reforms How did Britain solve the problems created by industrializa-tion?
FOUR AREAS OF REFORM:
FOUR AREAS OF REFORM
CHILD LABOR
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW WAGES
POOR WORKING CONDITIONS
CHILD LABOR:
CHILD LABOR Factory Act of 1819
Factory Act of 1833
1842 Mines Act Limited working hours for children in cotton mills
Limited working hours for children in all textile factories
No women and girls, and boys under 13 working in mines
CHILD LABOR …..CONTINUED:
CHILD LABOR …..CONTINUED TEN HOURS ACT - 1847
Most reforms the result of Parliament investigations in 1833. Set 10 hour day for women and children in all textile factories.
LIVING CONDITIONS:
LIVING CONDITIONS Paved, lighted, and cleaned streets
Public Health Act 1875
Sewer and water systems
public bath and wash houses
Police force 1829
WORKING CONDITIONS:
WORKING CONDITIONS Robert Owen’s factory experiment
Ordered factory owners to fence in machines along with other safety measures