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The Industrial Revolution
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A complete change Revolt Revolution Rise in rebellion against authority
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The Industrial Revolution Agricultural Revolution Industrial Revolution Beginning of the factory products More food production by fewer people (new farming methods and developments in agricultural machinery)
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The Industrial Revolution brought change Domestic or cottage industries disappeared Replaced by an industrial economy with people working in large factories.
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The Industrial Revolution brought change One new development led to other. Higher wages in factories than on the farms People left the countryside. Large industrial towns---cheap, small houses for workers Manchester
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James Watt and the steam engine Son of Scottish businessman Mathematical – instrument maker 1763, worked on early type of steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen This was his first and greatest invention 1776 --- the first two engines were put on work
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James Watt and the steam engine The steam engine with up and down action
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James Watt and the steam engine The steam engine with rotary motion
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The steam engine at work Coal mines Furnaces Up and down action
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Iron mills Paper mills Sugar mills Canals Flour mills The steam engine at work Cotton mills Rotary motion
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The steam locomotives
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The steamship
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Destruction for Indian textiles British manufacturer could not compete with either the price or quality of Indian cloth. Indian textiles --- great import in Britain before Industrial Revolution
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Destruction for Indian textiles British manufacturer could produce thread 15 times faster than Indian spinning by hand Good quality/cheaper Stopped importing Indian cloth Began to sell British- produced cotton in India Indian workers out of work. Indian industry largely destroyed. During Industrial Revolution
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