History of Britain's Industrialisation

William Pitt the Younger Pros. Forward thinking Modernised Taxes Modernised and Increased Trade Created Better Relations with France - (Pre-Revolution) Cut Costs Removed Corruption

Workers and the Standard of Living Lives of Factory Workers Arrive on time(early) or fired/lose pay Ate at a set time (sometimes standing at machine at others) Worked long hours Low wages Could only leave with permission Regardless of weather or Health Cold damp in winter – Hot humid in the summer Dangerous machines – No healthcare One house many families Women and children paid less than men

William Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger was born on 28 May 1759 William Pitt the Younger was a Tory of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Prime Minister  from 1783 to 1801,  and again from 1804 until his death, (he was  first minister , as the title of Prime Minister was not made official until 1905). R ein of George III,   Son of fellow PM " William Pitt the Elder". He was the youngest man ever to hold this office 24 He always considered himself to be an " independent Whig ". He represented a rotten b orough , he pursued parliamentary reforms to make the institution more democratic, given that only land-owners and potwallopers could vote. He also favoured abolition of the slave trade. He served in high office at a time when Parliament  gave no wages, Pitt's family were not wealthy and as a younger son his own inheritance was a modest one. Pitt failed to achieve all of the reforms he wa...