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 * __ The Factory Act __**
 * __ 1833 __**

//Theme 27: Changes in the demographic structure and reproductive patterns of Europeans: causes and consequences//

The Factory Act of 1833 changed the demographic structure and workplace of children during the Industrial Revolution. Children ages 14 to 18 did not have to work more than 12 hours a day. Children 9 to 13 must not work more than 8 hours a day and must have two hours of education per day. This established a regular working day for the textile industry. This changed the family household seeing as it was against the laws for certain children in a family to be working unlike before, where even 6 year olds were working. During this time there was also an illegitimacy explosion.

McKay, John P., John Buckler, and Bennett D. Hill. __A History of Western society__. 7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 