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Forever Ago

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The History of the Industrial Revolution

Historians think most people didn't work more than 8 hours a day at most. But that all changed with the start of the Industrial Revolution. More stuff started being made in factories instead of by hand. And because there weren't labor laws yet to prevent kids from working, some of these factory workers were as young as 6 years old.

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