Edexcel Paper 3 A-level History notes which summarise the chapter of Adult Working Conditions from the textbook. The table is condensed quickfire notes highlighting statistics and is most useful for triggering key information from the book for the exam.
1768 Arkwright His spinning
mill opened 1771 Derbyshire Maintained by fewer people=
300 to operate frames factory unskilled workers= cheaper
Water frame system- organised and efficient wages new method of
and allowed better control of production, efficient and created
employees, extracting better factory system
production
No longer geographical
restriction of waterwheels and
James Watt and Boulton Improved the steam engine 1769
mechanised factories allowed to
move to urban areas
Effective means of transport
Linked his Worsley coal mines
especially fuel for growing
3rd duke of bridgewater canal in the north-west of England and
steam engines to power new
Manchester 1761
factories
Increased automation round the
Michael faraday electric motor
clock shift work better lighting
1821 1871- gramme made an
Electricity so longer hours grammes
electrical generator (more
invention increased productivity
commercial viable)
of factories 30%
1st- newcastle electric supply
company in 1901 by Neptune Allowed for consistent and
Central power station bank Carmilla power station vs reliable source of energy
Neptune bank: 25,000 kw to essential for production
3,000
Established committee in 1917 Created 5 electricity
to investigate national electricity commissioners as regulators
Charles merz
network led to 1919 electricity central electricity board national
supply act grid 1938
Combination acts 1799 1800 Response to the perceived Made it illegal for workers to
threats of unions looked like join against employer prison
sentence of 3 months 1825 act
Adult working conditions 1
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