... machines were so easy to operate that a child could perform the same repetitive tasks or simply squeeze into tight places that an adult could not access. Although paid 1/10 of a man's salary, children and women did not try to join workers unions or go on strikes, which made their exploitation hidden unnoticed by the government for a very long while. The industrial ... ...
... in their lettings. Whelan, (2), refers to a Cork agent in the early eighteenth century, who ha bush on the same". This opinion, seeing as it comes from an upper class man of the time, most likely reflects the opinions of the well-informed, upper class circles of the time, possibly including governmental and political circles. However, in the later decades of ... ...
... tension amongst the people. These socially economic causes were important and crucial parts of people everyday lives which were being changed. Rumours circulated around towns and villages which stirred up man y opponents towards Cromwell's and the governments interference into matters which apparently were best left alone. Rumours of tax increases were prevalent and contemporaries believed that many new taxes were to ... ...
