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Timeline - Great Britain 1760 - 19131759 Canals are built to improve transport links 1778 Greater religious freedom is given to Roman Catholics 1819 Factory acts try to improve working conditions in cotton factories 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens 1848 Public Health Act aims to improve living conditions in towns 1870 Education Act 1894 Manchester Ship Canal opens 1832 Great Reform Act gives some middle class men the vote 1834 New Poor Law establishes workhouses throughout Britain 1845 Irish Potato Famine begins 1871 Bank Holidays are introduced 1909 Lloyd George introduces state pensions for the elderly

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