British Monarchs
William IV  1830 TO 1837
What was happening in the world in 1833
Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9
Education Grant Act – grants to voluntary education societies in Britain
Slavery in the British colonies in the West Indies was ended.
 The British Emancipation
 Act began the abolition of slavery in the West Indies.
The first steam ship to cross the Atlantic entirely on its own power,
 the Canadian ship Royal William, began her
 journey from Nova Scotia to The Isle of Wight