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James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
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James Watt patents his improved steam engine design, enabling mechanization
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Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom for weaving
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
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Health and Morals of Apprentices Act, first law limiting child labor
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Cotton Mills and Factories Acts, set minimum age of 9 and maximum workday of 12 hours
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Great Reform Act extended voting rights to the middle class
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Factory Act prohibited employment of children under 9
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Slavery Abolition Act ended slavery in British colonies
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Poor Law Amendment Act (New Poor Law) established workhouses with intentionally harsh conditions to deter relief claims
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Factory Act made women and children work no more than 12 hours per day
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Repeal of the Corn Laws, which had imposed tariffs on grain imports
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Ten Hour Act limited workday to 10 hours for women and children
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Elementary Education Act provided compulsory, free basic schooling
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Factories Act consolidated labor laws, prohibited child labor under 10
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Education Act , Provision of meals
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Poor Law institutions like workhouses abolished, modern social assistance system introduced
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Granted women same voting rights as men