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1831
public outrage due to poor working conditions and poverty in industrial areas
politicains → formed ten hour movement
aim → reduce working day to maximum of 10 hours
1833
Gov sets up communities to investigate factories
first Factory Act passed
Act banned children under 9 from being employed in textile industry
limited hours young ppl could work for
1842
mines act passed
banning women and children from working underground
1847
Ten Hours Act
made it law that women and children were to work no more than 10 hours
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