The extent and impact of social and economic reforms 1833-1848

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Date/period

Event(s)

The Great Reform Act 1832

Abolition of slavery in the British Empire 1833 - Emancipation Bill

Lord Althorp's Factory Act - 1833 

Government grant for education, 1833

The New Poor Law, 1834 

Municipal Corporations Act. 1836

Marriage Act, 1836

Established Church Act, 1836

Limited Liabilities Company Act, 1836

Establishment of the Anti-Corn Law League, 1838

Introduction of the Penny Post, 1840

Royal Commission into Sanitation, 1842

Mines Act, 1842

Factory Act, 1844

Repeal of Corn Laws, November 1845 - passed in 1846.

Peel resigns, December 1845.

Ten Hours Act, 1847

Public Health Act, 1848 

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