Britain booklet 5 Flashcards
what did the combination acts of 1799 and 1800 illegal?
forming trade unions
what did the 1813 repeal of the statute of artificers do?
removed regulation of wages and working conditions
what were the government laissez-faire policies intending to do?
remove obstacles slowing down the pace of profiteering, allowing market forces and entrepreneurs to dictate the rate of change?
which class benefitted most and grew rapidly during industrialisation?
the middle class
from 1816-1831, by what % did the middle class increase?
75%
when Richard Arkwright died in 1792, how much was he worth?
500 000
what did the steam engine in 1769 mean for factories?
factories no longer had to be near rivers as a power source
by the 1820s how many miles of navigable canals and waterways for trade were there?
4000
how much did cotton imports increase by from 1761 to 1833?
3 million to 300 million
by 1866 how many joint stock banks were there in Britain?
154 joint stock banks with 850 branches nation wide
what happened to British banks in 1826?
the cap was removed and they were able to reach their potential
what did an 1833 act of parliament allow London banks to do?
London banks were now able to issue cheques, increasing speed of commercial transactions
what did the 1847 factory act introduce?
10 hour working day
what did the repeal of combination acts in 1825 mean?
workers could now join unions, who began calling for the right to vote
what did the 1833 factory act enforce?
a 1.5 hour break to be provided for food in a working day
what was John Simon’s role in improving working conditions?
wrote annual health reports from 1848-55, bringing the appalling working conditions to light, influencing weekly workplace inspections to be carried out in poor parts of London
after 1833 factory act how many inspectors were there to cover how many textile mills?
4 to cover 4000 textile mills