Government Attitudes Towards Industrial Development Flashcards
What kind of approach did the government take to industrialisation?
Laissez faire - free market approach, only intervened when it was beneficial to the state
What acts were passed improve profiteering for factory owners?
Combination Acts 1799/1800 and Master+Servant Act 1823
What did the 1835 Municipal corporations act allow?
Local councils to take over local water systems from oligarchies, improved quality as not profit driven
What did the 1799/1800 combination acts do?
Illegal to form unions
What did the 1823 master and servant act do?
Make the failure to fulfil a contract of work a crime punishable by imprisonment
What was the first example of railways built?
Stockton and Darlington, 1820
How were the government able to influence growth of railways?
Bargaining with companies as rail companies had to be incorporated by parliament to build railways
What did the 1844 Railway regulation act do?
Increases state power over railways
What main method did the government use to reduce their intervention?
Repeal of many acts which promoted intervention, also reduced their regulation
What did the statue of artificers do?
Provide some regulation of wages and working conditions
When was the state of artificers repealed, and what did this allow?
1813, allowed market to take control of wages and regulation - increased profits at damages of working class
What is an example of the government actively looking to promote industrialisation?
Combination acts, banking trade unions reduced the barriers to development of industry and allowed entrepreneurial employers more control
What were the negatives of government attitudes towards industrialisation?
Sometimes acts were oppressive to workers which reduced motivation to work, but mainly had positive action on growth of industrialisation
