 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

 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

 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