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Britain imports 2.5 million pounds of raw cotton
[COTTONVIDEO](goo.gl/ISUoR)[Website](goo.gl/YPo7i) Cotton was the staple industry in parts of Yorkshire, County Durham, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Wiltshire. In Scotland the linen industry was widespread with centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, and the Highlands.Iframework knitting became closely connected to developments in the cotton industry. -
James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny
[Spinning Jenny](goo.gl/YPo7i)It was one of the machines that launched the Industrial Revolution and the modern industrial age. A cloth merchant would provide raw wool, cotton, or flax to spinners and weavers, who would then process it into bales of cloth and return it for marketing to the merchant, who would pay them at the current piecework rate. It was a true cottage industry for the most part. -
Henry Cort developed process called "puddling."
[Puddling](goo.gl/YPo7i)puddling is the process of coke, derived from coal, that was used to burn away impurities in crude iron called pig iron, and produced an iron of high quality. This invention was an improvement of what existed before. .Cort's original contribution came with the combination of the two processes,which made iron more readily available throughout Britain and quadrupled production in 20 years. -
James Watt built the steam engine
Engine Video[Steam engine](goo.gl/YPo7i)
Steam was used to pump the water from the mines in the 1700s. Offering a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency, the new design replaced Newcomen engines in areas where coal was expensive, and then went on to be used in the place of most natural power sources such as wind and water. James Watt's design became synonymous with steam engines, due in no small part to his business partner, Matthew Boulton. -
6 out of 7 Americans were famers
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Farming was once the chief way of life in nearly every country. People cannot live without food, and nearly all their food comes from crops and animals raised on farms. Many other materials such as cotton and wool also come from plants and animals raised on farms. Not many people farm for a living any more, but farming remains the most important occupation in the world. -
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population of the United States grew from about 5 million to 30 million people, only 50% of Americans were farmers
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The first steam powered locomotive ran on an industrial rail line in Britain
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The evolution of high-pressure steam engines had become compact enough to move beyond and outside the factory, prompting the first steam-powered locomotive to hit the rails in Britain in 1804. For the first time in history, goods were transported over land by something other than the muscle of man or animal. -
Robert Fulton built the first paddle-wheel steamboat called “The Clermont”’
[The Clermont](goo.gl/8qXYK)Fulton went back to work on his idea for the steamboat invention after coming back to the US. He took a special English steam engine, made some improvements to it, and tested models to develop the ideal shape. Ultimately, Fulton's ship, the Clermont, made its debut in 1807 – steaming upriver from New York to Albany. -
The public rail line called “The Rocket” was opened
[The Rocket](goo.gl/0Ei3D)it extended 32 miles from Liverpool to Manchester and it went at a speed of 16 mph while pulling a 40 ton train.It won a competition to test locomotives for a new passenger train line in England. It travelled at nearly 50 kilometres per hour. On some trains there were carriages with bedrooms, called sleeping cars, and restaurants and bathrooms had been added. -
The Factory Act reduced child labor in Britain
[The Factory Act](goo.gl/PuF4N)the number of children in the industry were declined under this act, set 9 years old as minimum age of employment, children between 9 and 13 could work 9 hours a day and 13-18 years was 12 hours. As the number of children employment declined, their places were replaced by women, resulted in women making up 50% of labor force -
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Britain went from 2,000 miles to more than 6,000 miles of railroad track
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Britain imported 366 million pounds of cotton per year
[Britain's Cotton](goo.gl/813c5)
The Cotton Industry developed in three main districts: North West England, centred on Manchester; the Midlands, centred on Nottingham; and the Clyde Valley in Scotland, between Lanark and Paisley. By the 1780s the industry was becoming more concentrated in Lancashire, with a considerable number of mills within the Oldham, Bolton, Manchester triangle.
