2. Were did mill workers live? Mill workers lived in small houses near to the factories. The air was full of smoke that people breathed in every single day.
3. were there any laws for protecting working children? No. At first there were no laws to protect children. People didn’t care about the children getting hurt ,they only cared about money!
4. whydid they employ children? They employed children because they were cheap, did not complain, had nimble fingers, and could crawl about under the machines. However in 1841 no child under 10 was allowed in the mines. This was called the mines act.
5. How was thread made? Cotton mills were factories were cotton was spun into thread.
