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

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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

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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