Factory Reform Movement(Chartism) - Explain why Factory Reform was introduced/Explain why there was a Factory Reform Movement

Question 1

Social

Answer 1

• Concern for women and children
• There were no restrictions by the Govt regarding working conditions in mines and factories
• Long hours and dangerous machinery
• Factories were dangerous and unhealthy
• Paternalist Tories

Question 2

Political

Answer 2

• Work of reformers within Parliament (Sadler and Shaftesburg) + outside of Parliament (Oastler)
• Role of Short Time Committees and Ten Hour Movement
• Hobhouse’s Bill
• Royal Commission into Mines 1842
• Laissez Faire ethos
• Benthamite Radicals

Question 3

Religious

Answer 3

• Evangelical Anglicans