The Industrial Revolution1700-1850Diana Jane GultianoWorld History 108

British InventorsFirst machines spun and wove

cloth quickly◦Wealthy businessmen built factories

Spinning Jenny machine spun 16 threads simultaneously

Angered people who made cloth at home◦Luddites protested by smashing

machines Led by Ned Ludd

Steam PowerJames Watt invented first steam

engine in 1782◦Hundreds of his engines used

throughout BritainGeorge Stephenson designed

steam train, The Rocket◦Peak speed: 30 mph◦Used to transport goods in 1829

Coal Mining Coal needed to boil water to

create steam Mining towns boomed

◦Deep mines dug◦Men, women, and children worked

long hours Many people killed and injured