AP EURO Unit #5 – Nationalism of 19 th Century Lesson #502 Impact of Industrial Revolution

Essential Questions 5. What was the purpose of the Factory Act of 1833? 6. What was the impact of the Factory Act of 1833?

Working Conditions 1.Kids worked ridiculously long hours hours a day, 6 days a week 3.Brutal discipline 4.Mostly poor, illiterate 5.Many orphans from foundling hospitals 6.What should be done? Why? 7.Read PS#1 and PS#2 Medical Examiners (p. 237 in Sherman book) John Write (p. 238 in Sherman book)

Early Legislation 1.Factory Act of 1833 – Age 9-13 (8 hours/day) – Under 9 – had to go to factory run elementary schools – WHAT WAS THE RESULT TO FAMILIES? 2.Mines Act of 1842 – Problem: girls with no shirts – This act prohibited women from mines – Also pulled out boys under 10 – YOUR THOUGHTS?

British leadership in IR 1.Great Expedition of 1851 (London) 2.The Crystal Palace 3.Population growth” 9 million to 21 million during era – What are the implications? 4.GNP growth 400% – What will this mean?

The Dismal Science 1.Early economics 2.Thomas Malthus – Essay on the Principle of Population (1789) – Population will increase faster than food supply – The poor will always be poor – No use helping – will be of no use – In fact – they will become dependent and weak 3.David Ricardo – Iron Law of Wages – Wages will always sink to subsistence levels

Other nations 1.Britain pulled ahead of other nations by Britain SHOT ahead in next 50 years 3.By 1860 – Britain outproduced next three Euro nations combined 4.France – Gradual growth 5.Germany (Prussian unified state) and USA – Quickly catching up by late 1800s – Causes? – US Civil War & German Unification – German Zollveriegn (1834) 6. Belgium – new nation in 1830