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This begins the agricultural revolution, a predessecor to the industrial revolution, and a time where many new innovations in the effieciency of farming were created.
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The first real innovation in the textile industry, the flying shuttle increased the workload that a textille worker could undertake.
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The spinning jenny allowed a worker to at least double the amount of output they put into their work
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The first usable steam engine was invented by James Watt, and Marketed by Matthew Boulton. While this was not the very first steam engine, (Newcomen Engine) it was the first one that produced enough steam to actually be used to turn gears, drive pistons, etc.
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A big step up in effeciency from the Spinning Jenny and Flying Shuttle, the Spinning mule was powered by a mule walking aroundin a circle to move gears. This was a huge help to the textille factory workers, and now they didn't have to push piano pedals welded to a huge machine for seventeen hours straight.
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This seemingly simple invnetion allowed the cotton that was growing in America's South to be used in the production of textiles, as opposed to importing pre burr-seperated cotton.
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By placing the Boulton-Watt on a boat, Robert fulton succesfully invented the first steamboat, the Clarmont.
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