Sheffields east end 1879

Industrial Revolution

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    Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    The trans-Atlantic slave trade is where the farmer had slaves to help them make work easier then it was by them self and work was harder to do, the Europeans sold weapons and alcohol to the Africans, the Africans sold slaves to the Americans, the Americans sold rum, tobacco, sugar and cotton to the Europeans and it went in a circle.
  • Water Frame

    Water Frame
    The Water Frame was to help make thread and made by Richard Arkwright but it was actually made in 1762 then it was made properly made in 1769. It helped society because all the workers had to do was to put the cotton in the machine and it well make thread and it was easier and faster the doing it by hand. Richard Arkwright was born on the 23 of December 1732 in Preston UK and died on the 3rd of august 1792 in Cromford UK.
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom
    The Power Loom was to help make jumpers and made by Edmund Cartwright he made it in 1785. It helped society because it made jumpers faster then doing it by hand and the Water Frame had the thread to make jumpers so the is also how we have jumpers today because of the Water Frame and the Power Loom.
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    The Dynamite was to help make mining easier and safer and was made by Alfred Noble it was made in 1866. It helped society because it was harmless but also helped with the mines so they could have more room for stuff like more rail for the carts that have coal in it so the people at the top can put in the truck so it can go to people with trains so the train can go faster.