TIME TABLE OF BRITISH REFORMS

(1802-1918)

YEAR	LEGISLATION	ACTION TAKEN
1802	FACTORY ACT	Protected pauper apprentices
1819	FACTORY ACT	Limited Child Labor in the cotton industrry
1820-25	LEGAL ACTS	Reformed Criminal Codes
1823-1827	TARIFF ACTS	Reduced tariffs
1825	LABOR ACT	Modified the Combination Acts
1828	TEST ACT REPEALED	Admitted nonconformists to political office
1829	CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION	Admimtted Catholics to office
1832	REFORM BILL	Eliminated rotten boroughs Increased the electorate Provided representation for industrial towns
1833	FACTORY ACT	Limited working hours for children
1834	NEW POOR LAW	Changed public relief system
1842	FACTORY ACT	Protected Mine Workers
1844	FACTORY ACT	Protected Women Workers
1846	CORN LAW REPEAL	Repealed tariff on grain
1864	CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT	Required medical exam for prostitutes
1867	REFORM BILL	Enfranchised working and lower middle class
1869	DISESTABLISHMENT ACT	Disestablished Anglican Church in Ireland
1870	LAND ACT	Basis for agraarian reforms in Ireland
1870	EDUCATION ACT	Basis for Compulsory Education
1875	TRADE UNION ACT	Ended limitations placed on unions
1875	FACTORY ACT	Reduced workweek to 56 hours
1875	ARTISANS DWELLING ACT	Defined unsanitary housing, state inspection
1884	REFORM BILL	Enfranchised rural labor and miners
1885	REDISTRIBUTION ACT	Redistributed seats in House of Commons
1886	FIRST HOME RULE BILL	For separate Irish Parliament--failed
1893	SECOND HOME RULE BILL	For separate Irisharliament--failed
1911	PARLIAMENT ACT	Destroyed veto power of House of Lords
1912	THIRD HOME RULE BILL	For separate Irish Parliament--passed, but not enacted
1918	REFORM ACT	Limited plural voting. Allowed women over 30 who held property or had degrees the vote.