Government attitudes industrialisation

Question 1

What term is used to describe the Government’s approach to industrialisation?

Answer 1

Laissez-faire

Question 2

When was the combinations act passed, and what did it do?

Answer 2

1799 and 1800, made it illegal to form unions

Question 3

When was the masters and servants act passed, and what did it do?

Answer 3

1823, made the failure to fulfil a contract of work a crime punishable by imprisonment.

Question 4

What did the Municipal Corporation act of 1835 do?

Answer 4

Removed local council powers from oligarchies and allowed the local councils to take over local utilities such as sewage or water supplies.

Question 5

How does the repeal of the corn laws act show that government show the governments attitude towards the industrial market? and when were the repeals?

Answer 5

1846 - highlighted the laissez-faire attitude, promotes the idea that government preferred to allow market forces and private entrepreneurship to dictate the pace of change rather than government itself.

Question 6

What was the first railway called and how was It run, and what does this demonstrate about government attitudes?

Answer 6

The Stockton and Dartington railroad built in the early 1820s - needed and act from parliament to get legal recognition to take land, private company was in economic partnership with the government, this was a way for government to have some control of the developing industry.