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    The Factory Act of 1833 is back to haunt businesses? As you know the Factory Act of 1833 established a set of rules for businesses. Children are banned from working in textile factories under the age of nine. With that children from 9 to 13-years-old limited to 9 hours a day and 48 hours a week and 13 to 18-year-olds were limited to 12 hours a day and 69 hours a week. Aside from that all other children under eleven to have two hours education a day. To make sure these laws were enforced Government

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    Otlowski History 122-T1 English Factory Act 1833 Homework 29 March 2016 1. What does it say? The English Factory Act of 1833 says that children under the age of eighteen are not allowed to work at night after this act is established on January 1st. Children who are under the age of nine are not allowed to work in the factories. Another factory act is that children who are between the ages of nine and thirteen are allowed to work maximum nine hours a day in factories and mills. For children ages between

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    The Factories Act 1961 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At the time of its passage, the Act consolidated much legislation on workplace health, safety and welfare in Great Britain. Though as of 2008 some of it remains in force, it has largely been superseded by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and regulations made under it. However, the Act continues to have a legal importance as cases of chronic workplace exposure to hazards such as industrial noise, as in the Nottinghamshire

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    well as these inventions, the Factory Act of 1833 was passed, which improved working conditions for children laboring in factories. In addition to these two things, a new time standard was created that the whole country of Britain would eventually run on. In contrast, some people believe political revolutions, like the Haitian and French, were more evolving.

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    tirelessly to produce products. Textiles were made faster and cheaper, food was more abundant, and the standard of living increased for many people. To industrialize Great Britain, laborers worked in factories and mills under horrible conditions. Despite attempts by Parliament to address problems with the factories’ working conditions through the passage of new legislation, their effort was inadequate and deplorable working conditions remained. Before the 19th century, the cottage industry flourished. All

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    is an 'act', this is a term used for a legislative law that has been passed by parliamentary. Further confirmation of this can be found by the use of the words 'regulation', (control by rule) and 'enacted', (a law), and in the final sentence it states that this is 'law'. The style of writing is Old English and very formal this also indicates that it is an official document. It is addressed to the 'Masters' who were the owners of the cotton mills and factories and informed

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    This paper will begin with an overview of the incorporation of child labour in Britain, the conditions in which the children worked, and a summary of the elements of the Acts of 1833 and 1844 - the two laws that are regarded as having made the greatest impact on participation and treatment of the children. Next, the varying stances of the aforementioned central critics on the effects of the laws within the textile industry

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    Labour of Children in the Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom. It is a primary source although it is an excerpt recorded in Heritage of Western Civilization. The original text was published by House of Commons in 1832 but no exact published date is provided. The Sadler Report was the evidence on industrial conditions in England in early 19th century. Michael Sadler was the chairman of a Parliamentary committee considering a Bill about regulation on factory children working condition. The report

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    For Factory Workers In Nineteenth Century Britain In the nineteenth century some people thought that factories were the best thing that ever created in Great Britain, however, workers inside them thought differently. No group was as exploited as children, who were put to work before they could read or write.Children were employed in industry and agriculture as soon as they started using their hands and were able to walk. They worked in farms, mills, factories, coalmines

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    the work the factory could be operational twenty-three hours a day. As early as the 18th century some of the English recognized the deleterious effects of unregulated factory work. One such person was a Dr. Percival, who on January 15th of 1796, presented a report to the Manchester Board of Health on the conditions of the mill workers. In his report he noted that all the workers, especially the children were prone to sickness. He noted that the night labor and long hours of the factories were "injurious"

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