Britain's Factory Act of 1833
A) reduced the number of women working in factories.
B) reduced the number of children working in factories.
C) established an eight hour work day for all workers.
D) placed a high tariff on imports in order to increase the profits of industrialists.
E) prohibited the construction of factories within city limits.

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The Factory Act of 1833 was passed in order to improve working conditions in factories. One of the measures it implemented was to reduce the number of children working in factories. Children under the age of 9 were no longer allowed to work, and those between the ages of 9 and 13 were restricted to working no more than 8 hours a day. The act also required factory owners to provide some education for child workers. While the act did not specifically reduce the number of women working in factories, the provisions relating to child labor would have indirectly affected the number of women working, as many were employed alongside children. The act did not establish an eight hour work day for all workers, nor did it place tariffs on imports or prohibit the construction of factories within city limits.