Industrial Revolution - Laws/Acts/Movements

Enclosure Movement

Removed common rights, made farming more efficient, started market oriented estate agriculture, emerged landless rural proletariat

Common Rights

The agreement that everyone got access to farm on common land

Estate Agriculture

Surge of agricultural production that provided food for England’s rapidly growing population

Combination Act (1799)

Made it illegal for workers to go on strike, prohibited the formation of labor unions

Labor Movements

Protests against long hours, bad conditions, and low pay. They caused the combination act

Factory Act (1833)

Limited work hours for children, causing child labor to diminish all together

Separate Sphere Pattern

Gender division of labor: Wifes at home to have kids, cook, and clean. Husbands were wage makers

Mines Act (1842)

Disallowed boys and girls from working in the mines together, because cases of rape were rising

Chartist Movement

Attempt for workers to gain voting rights. Although unsuccessful, it gave them a sense of identity that gave them class consciousness.

The Second Industrial Revolution

Steel, chemicals, electricity, oil

The First Industrial Revolution

Agriculture, textiles, steam, and iron