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Question 1

migration of farmers in the industrial revolution

Answer 1

• enclosure movement
• people took land and changed it to privately owned land, usually with walls, fences or hedges around it. farmers and families had to move to more populated areas to find work. land that was previously accessible to all was now limited.

Question 2

how were children impacted in the industrial revolution?

Answer 2

• Children were often working dangerously close to spinning belts and shafts that powered machines
• children generally made considerably less money than adults did for doing the same work. Estimates show that children were paid 10-20% of what an adult would be paid
• children were more obedient in completing work and accepting punishment than adults were
• children were hired in the Industrial Revolution because they were naturally smaller and could fit into tighter spaces. This was very helpful in the new mechanised factories in the late 18th century.

Question 3

union trade and factory acts in the industrial revolution

Answer 3

• The Factory Act was established to protect workers (children) in 1833
By then, it was regulated that it was illegal for children under 9 years old to work, and children under 13 were not allowed to work more than 9 hours a day
In 1819, the Factory Acts limited the hours of work for a child under the age of 9 to not work, and children between 9 - 16 were limited to 12 hours of work
• Influential members such as Sir Robert Peel encouraged workers to form trade unions to establish and protect their rights
They joined together and created unions in order to fight for safer conditions, better hours, and increased wages.

Question 4

why were the long term effects of the industrial revolution significant

Answer 4

• pollution (air) health
• commodities like cars, toilets, are some advancements deprived
  of the revolution, all invented for the purpose of making life easier
• climate
• tools
• urbanisation