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Making of the Modern World
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James Watt Steam Engine
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Spinning Jenny
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French Revolution
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Robert Owen becomes shareholder in New Lannark Mill
He stopped employing children under ten, provided schooling and limited working hours for children over ten for schooling. -
Factory Act 1819
Limited the hours worked by children to a maximum of 12 per day -
Factory Act 1833
Banned employment of children under 9 and limited 10–13-year-olds to a 48-hour week in the textiles industry. To enforce this rule, factory inspectors were introduced (although there were initially only four inspectors for all of England). -
Stephenson's Rocket
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Edwin Chadwick's Report on living conditions published
It was called the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population. It helped campaign for clean water and proper sewerage. -
Factory Act 1844
Reduced the maximum working hours for women to 12 hours per day -
Factory Act 1847
Reduced maximum working hours for women and children to 10 hours per day -
Factory Act 1850
Prohibited women and children from working in a factory before 6 am or after 6 pm -
Gatling Gun Invented
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Dynamite
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Factory Act 1874
Set a maximum of 56.5 hours of work per week for all workers -
Public Health Act enacted
Supply of clean water, sewerage systems, collection of refuse and street cleaning.