KEY WORDS

• Laissez faire


  A policy of limited government involvement, "let people do as they choose"
• Cottage industry


  Manufacturing of goods carried out in people's homes, usually in the countryside and in this period mostly cloth production
• Piece work


  Work paid for by the amount produced, usually carried out in people's homes (usually in cities)
• Suffrage


  The right to vote in elections
• Rotten borough


  A parliamentary constituency (area) with a tiny electorate (people who can vote) who are controlled by the landowner
• Public health


  The health of the population as a whole
• Workhouse


  Run by the local councils the poor could receive accommodation and food in return for work