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Industrial Revolution
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John Kay Invented the flying shuttle
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British industrial monopoly forbade immigration of skilled workers
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James Watt's steam engine
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Samuel Crompton invented the spinning "mule,"
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Edmund Cartwright invented a water-driven power loom
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Edmund Cartwright invented a water-driven power loom
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uddites struck against mills and destroyed machines
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Fourteen Luddites hung in 1813, and the movement died
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George Stephenson invented the first steam-powered locomotive,
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British craftsmen started cotton textile industry in New England in 1820s
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Bessemer converter made cheaper, stronger steel
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ail networks developed in 1860s; integrated various regions of United States
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Heavy iron and steel industries in 1870s
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Later Henry Ford introduced assembly line to automobile production