A frequent method employed to make the many very young boys and girls working in new British industries obey the owner's factory discipline was

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The best choice is E because physical punishment and repeated beatings were commonly used to discipline young workers in British industries during the Industrial Revolution. Other options such as increased wages and fines for lost time were used but were not as effective in enforcing factory discipline. Lectures and schooling in the rules to parents may have been used but there is no evidence provided in the text to support this. Deportation to the colonies was not a common method of discipline for young workers.

A Frequent Method Employed to Make the Many Very Young