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Title: Sonia Banks


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The Industrial Revolution1700 - 1850
  • Sonia Banks
  • World History 108

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British Inventors
  • First Machines spun and wove cloth quickly
  • Wealthy businessmen built factories
  • Spinning Jenny machine spun 16 threads
    simultaneously
  • Angered people who made cloth at home
  • Luddites protested by smashing machines
  • Led by Ned Ludd

3
Steam Power
  • James Watt invented first steam engine in 1782
  • Hundreds of his engines used throughout Britain
  • George Stephenson designed steam train, The
    Rocket
  • Peak speed 30 mph
  • Used to transport goods in 1829

4
Coal Mining
  • Coal needed to boil water to create steam
  • Mining towns boomed
  • Deep mines dug
  • Men, women, and children worked long hours
  • Many people killed and injured

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The Industrial Revolution1700 - 1850
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