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Cotton import
Cotton imported from Britain was growing fastly. This helped the production of cotton cloth. The number increased as the time continued. Soon, Britain 's cloth was sold everywhere. Image: Wikimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_jins_in_use.jpg Author: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Description: "Cotton jins sorting cotton and cleaning" -
Spinning Machine invented
The spining machine was created by James Hargreaves in 1764. This was also called the "spinning jenny." This made it easier for workers to get work accomplished. This led to more valuable inventions later in the Industrial Revolution. Image found on WIkimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spinning_jenny.jpg User: Fenice "A Spinning Jenny, spinning machine which initiated the Industrial Revolution." -
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus wrote a book about the future population and how it would lead to horrible events including lack the knowledge of people to feed themselves. Population continued to grow. Better things occurred in the world. This included adecrease in many bad events such as war or death. -
First Steam Powered Locomotive
The first steam powered locomotive ran in Britain. It ran at 5 mph with a tremendous weight on it. This led to a new era of new locomotives. They were made better and were more efficient. Image: Wikimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mellat-Cinema1.jpg by Pemies Description: "view of one of the steam-powered locomotives used on the first Persian railway section built during 1886-1888" -
Paddle Wheel Steamboat invented
The first paddle-wheel steamboat was invented. Robert Fulton made this possible. This made it esier to travcel around rivers. This was a major contribution from the industrial revolution. -
Children and women in workforce
About 66% of workers in Britain were women and children. This changed after the Factory Act. This changed the number of children in the workforce. Laws were made concerning the number of hours children could work. -
Factory Act
The Factory Act was established. This limited the working hours of children. It did not recognize women. Children were allowed to work for a time frame of nine hours a day. Image: WIkimedia Commons
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29% of children in workforce
A great percentage of children worked. They worked for long hours in many differnet conditions. Discipline was fairly aggresive. Age ranges very very wide. Image was found on Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FIle:Child_labor_in_Florida_United States_1913.jpg
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"Child labor in the United States, early 20th century
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New law created concerning women labor
A new law was created to make it illegal for women to work for a certain amount of time. This was because of the large percentage of women in the workforce. Many had to take the place of children. They had to do a lot of tough work that was time consuming. -
Britain iron production
Britain was leading the rest of the world in iron production by a tremendous amount. Iron ore was produced in the best way. At this time, millions of pounds were produced. It was used for many purposes. Image: Wikiimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightningVolt_Iron_Ore_Pellets.jpg by Lars Lentz other source: lighningvolt.com/Image Gallery/imagegallery.htm description (on WIkimedia Commons): "iron"
