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A map of England during the Industrial Revolution. |
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Where did the Industrial Revolution take place? |
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It started in Britain and then spread throughout the rest of Europe and North America |
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How long did the Industrial Revolution last? |
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When did the Industrial Revolution start? |
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When did the Industrial Revolution end? |
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What was the cause of the Industrial Revolution? |
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It was caused by people trying to find was to increase production of food and goods. |
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There was a rise of a new class of businessmen. |
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Those were the captains of industry. The men who owned the railroads and factories were just as rich, if not more rich than nobles of previous centuries. |
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Who was payed less than the men? |
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The women and the children |
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Many factory workers endured poverty, toil, and suffering. |
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They spent long hours toiling at dangerious machines. Then they would walk home through soot filled air, past wast yards, to filthy crowded apartments. |
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What was one way miners obtained coal in small places? |
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James Watt - Inventor of the steam engine. |
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The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves. |
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Model of the Spinning Jenny - Used to make cotton textiles. |
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The Reverberatory Furnace could produce wrought iron using mined coal |
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New method of producing glass called the cylinder process - allowed the Crystal Palace to be created. |
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The Thames Tunnel (opened in 1843) was the first cement underwater tunnel. |
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Child labor during the Industrial Revolution. |
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A young "drawer" pulling a coal tub along a mine shaft. |
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Coal miners during the Industrial Revolution. |
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