 | 11-1 Early Industry and Inventions New machines and factories changed the way people lived and worked the late 1700s and early 1800s 21.66 Kb.  1 | read |
| The cotton industry the key steps in the mechanisation of textile manufacture. John Kay: The Flying Shuttle 1733 With cords, a single weaver, using one hand, could knock the shuttle back and forth across the loom from one shuttle box to the other. A weaver using Kay's flying shuttle could produce much wider cloth at faster speeds than before 12.6 Kb. 1 | read |
| The Textile Industry and the Industrial Revolution Source A In the domestic system merchants would take raw cotton to a spinner’s house (usually unmarried women – have you heard the word ‘spinster’?), collect it when it had been made into thread and take it to a weavers 19.12 Kb. 1 | read |
 | Finally in 1938, the law got accepted that under 14years old and some different types of jobs are limited Children got beaten up when they got late for work or not breaking the working rules also whether they had good skills or not, every children got paid small amount of money, fraction of an adults payments. Children were treated exploited 38.75 Kb. 1 | read |
| History Timeline Prehistoric (Ancient World) The prehistoric time is split roughly into three time periods, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age; these apply at different times to different parts of the world 113.48 Kb. 1 | read |
 | I. The Industrial Revolution When looking at the short term, one could call the changes brought about the industrial evolution, because they happened gradually over 60-70 year period 29.64 Kb. 1 | read |
| Technologies of the Industrial Revolution Directions Read the information about the different technologies that were introduced and used during the Industrial Revolution. As you read 12.59 Kb. 1 | read |
| Part 1: Inventions Chart Choose from these categories: Textile Industry, Communication, Transportation, Agriculture, Energy 35 Kb. 1 | read |
| Richard Arkwright the youngest of thirteen children was born in Richard became a barber's apprentice. However, he was an ambitious young man and had a strong desire to run his own company. In 1762 Arkwright started a wig-making business. This involved him travelling the country collecting people's 18.4 Kb. 5 | read |