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  2. Timeline of the English poor law system - Wikipedia

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    1905 - Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09 set up by the outgoing Conservative government.; 1906 - The Liberal Government is elected and begins an ambitious programme of welfare reforms.

  3. Colonial American bastardy laws - Wikipedia

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    Colonial America bastardy laws were laws, statutes, or other legal precedents set forth by the English colonies in North America.This page focuses on the rules pertaining to bastardy that became law in the New England colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania from the early seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century.

  4. List of statutory rules and orders of the United Kingdom

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    List of statutory rules and orders of the United Kingdom is an incomplete list of statutory rules and orders of the United Kingdom. Statutory rules and orders were the predecessor of statutory instruments and they formed the secondary legislation of England , Scotland and Wales prior to 1948 and the coming into force of the Statutory ...

  5. History of English grammars - Wikipedia

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    The history of English grammars [1] [2] begins late in the sixteenth century with the Pamphlet for Grammar by William Bullokar. In the early works, the structure and rules of English grammar were based on those of Latin. A more modern approach, incorporating phonology, was introduced in the nineteenth century.

  6. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from ...

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    This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1900. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ).

  7. English-only movement - Wikipedia

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    Sticker sold in Colorado demanding immigrants speak English. The English-only movement, also known as the Official English movement, is a political movement that advocates for the exclusive use of the English language in official United States government communication through the establishment of English as the only official language in the United States.

  8. Lacey Act of 1900 - Wikipedia

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    The Lacey Act of 1900 is a conservation law in the United States that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold. [ 1 ] Introduced into Congress by Representative John F. Lacey , an Iowa Republican, the Act was signed into law by President William McKinley on May 25, 1900. [ 2 ]

  9. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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    1900. Belgium: Legal majority for unmarried women. [156] Egypt: A school for female teachers is founded in Cairo. [98] France: Women allowed to practice law. [123] Korea: The post office profession is open to women and thereby open the public work market for women. [157] Tunisia: The first public elementary school for girls. [98]