The first act passed was the Factory Act of 1833. This stated that anyone under nine years old could not be hired. It also said that anyone from ages nine to twelve had to work no more than eight hours a day. Twelve hours a day was the working limit for anyone thirteen to seventeen years old. In the year 1842 the Mines Act was passed and prevented women and children from working in the underground mines...
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In the year 1842 the Mines Act was passed and prevented women and children from working in the underground mines. The Ten Hours Act limited the workday of women and children to no more than ten hours a day. It was passed in 1847. Some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution were the new inventions, factories, and jobs it made, the improvements in transportation and agriculture, and the legal reforms that were made...
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The Effects Of The Industrial Revolution With the new industrial age, a new qauntitative and materialistic view of the world took place. This caused the need for people to consume as much as they could...	3 / 572
Industrial Change In Britain During the Industrial Revolution, the cotton industry rapidly increased with the invention of an improved spinning wheel powered by water. These machines were quickly mass-produced for factory use...	4 / 999
Industrial Revolution: How did the Industrial Revolution transform society? It became a leading country, in the field of industry, trade, commerce and finance. The working class, which included the men, women, and children laboring in the textile mills, pottery works, and mines, were the ones who should have been credited England's success...	4 / 861
the industrial revolution Machines made life easier and decreased prices and generally improved life. Before the 1750's life was very primitive and simple. The major inventions are: James Watt's steam engine, Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin, Robert Fulton's Steamboat, and Elias Howe's Sewing Machine...	2 / 289