Edexcel A-Level History 9HI0
The Crusades, c1095–1204Paper 1
England, 1509–1603: Authority, Nation and ReligionPaper 1
Britain, 1625–1701: Conflict, Revolution and SettlementPaper 1
Britain, c1785–c1870: Democracy, Protest and ReformPaper 1
Russia, 1917–91: From Lenin to YeltsinPaper 1
In Search of the American Dream: The USA, c1917–96Paper 1
Germany and West Germany, 1918–89Paper 1
Britain Transformed, 1918–97Paper 1
Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106Paper 2
England and the Angevin Empire in the Reign of Henry II, 1154–89Paper 2
Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55Paper 2
The Dutch Revolt, c1563–1609Paper 2
France in Revolution, 1774–99Paper 2
Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924Paper 2
The Unification of Italy, c1830–70Paper 2
The Unification of Germany, c1840–71Paper 2
Mao’s China, 1949–76Paper 2
The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90Paper 2
India, c1914–48: The Road to IndependencePaper 2
South Africa, 1948–94: From Apartheid State to ‘Rainbow Nation’Paper 2
The Rise and Fall of Fascism in Italy, c1911–46Paper 2
Spain, 1930–78: Republicanism, Francoism and the Re-Establishment of DemocracyPaper 2
The USA, c1920–55: Boom, Bust and RecoveryPaper 2
The USA, 1955–92: Conformity and ChallengePaper 2
Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509Paper 3
Rebellion and Disorder Under the Tudors, 1485–1603Paper 3
The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598Paper 3
The Witch Craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750Paper 3
Industrialisation and Social Change in Britain, 1759–1928: Forging a New SocietyPaper 3
Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939Paper 3
Britain: Losing and Gaining an Empire, 1763–1914Paper 3
The British Experience of Warfare, c1790–1918Paper 3
Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c1780–1928Paper 3
Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923Paper 3
The Changing Nature of Warfare, 1859–1991: Perception and RealityPaper 3
Germany, 1871–1990: United, Divided and ReunitedPaper 3
The Making of Modern Russia, 1855–1991Paper 3
The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997Paper 3
Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1850–2009Paper 3
Mass Media and Social Change in Britain, 1882–2004Paper 3
Industrialisation and Social Change in Britain, 1759–1928: Forging a New Society
Dealing with the labour problem
- 3 things to know
- Paper 3
Overview
Recall questions on why rural mills struggled for labour, how the Poor Law supplied pauper apprentices, the terms of apprenticeship, and the village of Styal.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What was the labour problem facing early rural mills?
How did the Poor Law supply mill labour?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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How were connections with the Poor Law important to Greg?
Model answer
Parishes were glad to send their pauper children to him, supplying cheap, bound labour and reducing local poor relief costs.
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What was the labour problem facing early rural mills?
Model answer
Water power required remote sites where there was no existing industrial workforce, so owners had to import and retain labour.
- 3
How did the Poor Law supply mill labour?
Model answer
Parishes, especially in London, were glad to apprentice pauper children to distant mills, which removed them from the rates and gave the mill cheap bound labour.
- 4
What were the terms of pauper apprenticeship?
Model answer
Children were bound until eighteen or twenty-one, receiving food, clothing and lodging but no wages, and could not leave.
- 5
How did the 1802 Act affect apprentice labour?
Model answer
It limited apprentices to twelve hours a day, required instruction and separate sleeping quarters, but relied on unpaid magistrate visitors and was weakly enforced.
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Why did mills move away from apprentice labour?
Model answer
Steam power allowed mills to be built in towns where free family labour was available, and public criticism made pauper apprenticeship increasingly unacceptable.
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