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Cotton became fashionable
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The New Middle Class transformed the social structure of Great Britian. In the past, land owners and aristocrats had occupied the top position in society. With most of th wealth, they wielded the social and political power.
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Wearing cloth out of yarn sped.
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Braw textile fibers
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The families then used their time when not working the land, to spin weave , and prepare finished cloth.
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Built goods, were produced in workshops in homes.
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lancashire became a centre for the cotton industry
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In 1769 englishman Richard Arkright invented a large spinning machine called a water frame. The water frame could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time. It lowered the cost of cotton cloth and increasd the speed of textile production.
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eli whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to seperate cotton seeds from cotton fiber
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at a time when people had to mske thier own cothes at home pay someone else
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how clothes can be ade in factories
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in 1794 eli whitney invented the cotton gin
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thomas newcmen invents te first steam engine
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the spnning jenny is invented james hargreaves, a british carpenter & weaver
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most of the cothbeing maunfactured was made of cotton , replacing wool as most imported fabric
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arkwright built the 1st steam powered textile factory in nottinham england
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je thro tull was one of the 1st of these scientific farmers
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i.m. singer improved the sewing machine by inventing a foot threadle
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a textile worker name jame jargreave allowed one sinner to work 8 threads at a time
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james watt, the instrument maker