1811 - 1834 (23 years)
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1 | 1813 | - 1813: Printed Parish Registers introduced for Baptisms and Burials
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2 | 1815 | - 1815: The Corn Laws - Cereals could not be imported into Britain until the domestic price reached eighty shillings a quarter. This price meant that cereals and bread were more expensive than they needed to be and this caused considerable agitation
- 1815: Battle of Waterloo
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3 | 1819 | - 1819: First Factory Act - limiting those aged nine and above to a twelve hour day.
- 1819: Peterloo massacre in Manchester
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4 | 1820 | - 1820: George IV King of England 1820 - 1830
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5 | 1829 | - 1829: Catholic Emancipation Act passed, allowing Catholics to participate in British & political life.
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6 | 1830 | - 1830: William IV King of England 1830 - 1837
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7 | 1832 | - 1832: Introduction of Electroal Rolls
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8 | 1833 | - 1833: 2nd Factory Act - rohibited the employment of under nines in mills and further restricted the time over nines could work.
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9 | 1834 | - 1834: Abolition of the institution of slavery in the British Empire
- 1834: Poor Law Ammendment Act - Radical changes to poor relief grouping parishes into Poor Law Unions.
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