Factory Acts

poorly built, rarely had bathrooms, and were extremely crowded, up to 63 people would live in a house of 7 bedrooms. Sanitation and human hygiene didn’t exist. Civilians would dispose of their waste on the open streets. Factory owners would also dispose of the waste produced in the factory incorrectly. Before the government made action and decided to build the temps in London, human urine and feces filled streets. Human and industrial waste leached into water carried throughout streets in “Open sewers”

The Industrial Revolution, a 'Revolution' that began in Britain in the nineteenth century, saw people move from working in the farming industry to working in factories. This transition from an agrarian society meant that many people moved to cities in search of jobs. New methods of manufacturing allowed goods to be produced far more cheaply and quickly than before. However, the Revolution came with its own negative consequences. The lives of children during the Industrial Revolution were torturous

the development of industry began in England in the 18th century. It introduced machinery to the world. The industrial revolution was characterized by hand production to new machine manufacturing, the increased use of steam power, the rise of the factory system and development of machine tools. As time passed by, the technological innovations continued to shape the modern world, Everything that everybody uses throughout their daily lives is due to manufacturing. How would people ever have been able

The Impact of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was an era in the mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries that allowed an extension of the ideas of the Scientific Revolution to the rest of European society. More specifically, in the words of Robert Strayer, the Industrial Revolution saw “a breakthrough of unprecedented proportions that made available for human use, at least temporarily, immensely greater quantities of energy”. The Industrial Revolution, despite the obvious

method of industry where production and distribution are privately or corporately owned, its operation grows through profits, exploitation of labor, and extinguishing competition. During the Industrial Revolution technology was on the global stage. Factories and machines are built in existing cities producing and distributing mass goods on a global scale. Over time this fast production of goods would replace the old agricultural economy to a modern urban economy. Today the revolution is praised for creating

Alexis Soyer also talks about social changes in his article “Modern Housewife; Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management”. Sir Edwin Chadwick shows social transformation by focusing on the unsafe and unhealthy conditions of factories, unsafe conditions in the living community, but Alexis Soyer’s source is showing social transformation by the role of a housewife.

and the steam engine which was used to power boats, trains, and eventually factories were all inventions that drove most of the people away from their secluded farm lands and into urban areas. Machines replaced human labor because they produced twice as much results as a man did. This created the need for factories during the mid eighteenth century in cities across Europe. In Great Britain specifically, these factories grew so rapidly that they expanded and needed a bigger work force. Men, women

working conditions. Also during this time period, many new acts would be approved by the constitutional monarchy that would slowly repair the split culture. Through the years of 1811 to 1884, inspired by its constitutional monarchy, English culture was evinced in the literary work of Elizabeth Gaskell. During the time, England had established a constitutional monarchy. A constitutional monarchy is a political system in which a monarch acts as an official of a sovereign state with finite powers limited

1830-1870 the amount of factory reform passed by the government was revolutionary. Popular reform was mainly headed by prominent philanthropist mill owners and members of the Tory Party. This reform was partly motivated by public pressure, since the enfranchisement of men meant that they had more of a political voice. However, another factor that needs to be considered is the impact of changing ideals of politicians and other influential figures when instigating factory reform. Popular agitation

merriam-webster.com, child labor “is the employment of a child in a business or industry, especially in violation of state or federal statutes prohibiting the employment of children under a specified age”. Children works on farms, sweatshops and in factories for a low payment and no education. A lot of people know about child labor, but they still buy cheap clothes, toys and other items made by children working in bad conditions and long working hours. Child labor prohibits children to have an education