naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become. This is a good example of why children should have been educated instead of being sent to work as soon as it was possible for them to do so. In short, factory work would give rise to a mind numbing intelligence among workers. Workers became bogged down in the mindless operations of their work place, an aspect that hurt family life greatly.The common worker also faced compromise from the British government as the Ten Hour Bill was also passed. This bill stated that no one worker could exceed a ten hour shift. These limitations were put in place in order to regulate the major factories and their owners, but it also may have had some other effects. These laws were also very beneficial to the family unit. More time was given to the family and the decrease in hours that they had to work, at first sounded promising. But, family income greatly outweighed family time during the revolution and many families disregarded the laws in order to gain more financially. Factory Inspectors were also added to the fight against poor working conditions but they did little to keep the laws in place. Most turned their heads in order to please factory owners and obviously their presence could not be visible all of the time. The laws passed by the British government were not as effective as they could have been and again the family as a whole suffered the consequences. In addition to making it hard on the working class, the industrial revolution also allowed a new type of working class to be born. The industrial revolution gave birth to a class that did not have any power or authority and were not associated with nobility. They were regular people that were able to get factories started at the birth of the revolution. By creating these factories these people were able to remove themselves from the common day wor...
