Spotlight on: Children of the Industrial Revolution

The children of Europe played a huge part in the industrialization procedure. The children provided a lot of the cheap labor for the factories and mines. Children were forced to not attend school and provide for their family. Their source of labor was cheap because they had no choice. Children were also forced to work in mines to extract the coal and iron from the ground in England. Eventually, laws were passed that benefited the children, but it was only minimal at first. Laws became more strict dealing with child labor laws, but they were not great. Children still had to work in dangerous factories. Education was only available for very young children.