The shift from working at home to working in factories in the early 18th century brought with it a new system of working. Factory and mine owners sought to control and discipline their workforce through a system of long working hours, fines and low wages. Working conditions in factories Long working hours: normal shifts were usually 12-14 hours a day, with extra time required during busy periods. Workers were often required to clean their machines during their mealtimes. Low wages: a typical wage for male workers was about 15 shillings (75p) a week, but women and children were paid much less, with women earning seven shillings (35p) and children three shillings (15p).
“Australia was NOT a working man’s paradise” Australia was not a working man’s paradise in the 1900’s. It was very harsh and dangerous, and people were forced to work huge hours with little pay. Many families lived in poverty and only few owned their own homes. Husbands had trouble supporting their families and found it hard to keep a job. Most people did not know how to read and write.
Bushranging began soon after the British colonization of Australia in 1788. Most convicts were shot as they tried to escape into the unexplored Australian bush, but some survived. What did they do? Bushrangers did a variety of things, formed different gangs, operated in various places throughout Australia and lived in different eras. But all bushrangers would steal what they could just to live.
* Had fresh water * Apprentice house was long walk from the mill * Got an education How was it similar to other mills (making it important)? * Got many fines like other mills as they did not listen to the new laws like 10 hours a day How was it different to other mills so making it less important? * They did not do corporal punishment as they thought it was wrong but other mills did do this. * paid less money to the workers compared to other mills but they provided them with great stuff unlike other mills * Gave workers better meals as then the workers would work better. * The cottages in styal village were not built back to back which enabled them have fresh water and more space * provided education before the laws as Hannah Gregg was passionate about this * Gregg family built their family house close by so they could see how the apprentice were treated * Had doctor holland who check if the workers were 9 and if they were healthy to work How has the national trust change
Ever heard of Mary Wollenstonecraft? She was a writer, Mary Wollstonecraft, was born in London. Her father, Edward John Wollstonecraft, was a family ruler who hurt his wife, Elizabeth Dixon. He spent a fortune which he had mostly spending it at farming which took the family to six different locations throughout Britain by 1780, the year Mary's mother died. At the age of nineteen Mary went out to live on her own and find her life.
It was a prison for the convicts, it was to ‘get rid of, or at least greatly reduce, crime in Great Britain’, Australia was home of the convict class of Britain, it was the “bottom” class. The arrival of the New South Wales corps in 1789 (mainly formed with the trouble makers, prison guards, the unwanted and ex-officers of Britain) immediately had the potential to create a power struggle in a society controlled by the decisions of the Governor general representative of the crown in Australia. When Governor General Philip left in 1792 it left, General Grose of the New South Wales corps, in charge of the colony. The New South
Four years after her great fame begane to spread on October 25th 1774, she was elected into L’académie de Sainte-Luc at only Nineteen years old. She was Marie antoinettes favorite portraitist. She painted 30 portraits of the queen in a decade, she even held residence in
After living with her grandmother for several years, she Attended a finishing school in London, England at Allenswood Academy, where Eleanor was greatly influenced by Marie Souvestre, the headmistress. Souvestre was known for her teachings in women’s equality. In 1902, Roosevelt was forced to come home by her family. That year she would met Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They eventually fell in love, and despite Franklin’s mom disagreeing, the couple got married in
Anne had two known siblings that survived, Mary and George, she is thought to have had two others who died young. Their birth dates and birth order are unknown but it is known that all three Boleyn Siblings were close in age. In 1514, when Henry VIII married his youngest sister to the king of France, Anne accompanied the princess to France as a lady-in-waiting. There, Anne was educated, and in early 1522 she finally returned home. It is unknown when Anne first caught the eye of the king, but her sister Mary had been his mistress a few years before.
The loss or revenue stems from staff not working to their full potential. It is not that the staffs are not willing to work, but the work was not there. State licensing requires a minimum of two staff present at all times and the legal ratio is one teacher to eighteen children. The highest enrollment was 26 in the afternoon. The morning program was even less.