History A-Level
Child labour regulation
What Child labour regulation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Child labour regulation
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Targeted restrictions on child labour in specific industries, including the Factory Act 1802, the Mines Act 1842 and the Agricultural Gangs Act 1867.
Topics that use Child labour regulation
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 2 The world of childhood (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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