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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change from hand tools, and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change helped life, but also caused many problems. Pollution, such as co2 levels in the atmosphere rose, working conditions got worse and more women and children had to work.. The government, the arts, literature, music, architecture, and man's way of looking at life all changed during the revolution. There was two revolutions and both were very productive but also caused consequences.
Before the first industrial revolution, England's economy was based on its cottage industry. Workers would buy raw materials from merchants, take it back to their cottages and produce the goods at their home. It was usually owned and managed by one or more people, who were close to the workers. There was good relationships between the "good" workers and bosses., which was destroyed by capitalism. This industry was efficient but the workers didn't
make the products as fast which made costs higher. The longer it took one person to manufacture a product, the higher the price. Since the goods were high in price they were pretty much only able to be bought by rich people.
In 1733, the demand for cotton cloth was high, but production was low. This crisis had to be solved or England's economy would be destroyed. The answer came from British weaver, John Kay, who invented the flying shuttle, which made it easier to weave. John Kay was a pioneer and his invention helped   inventors. Although at first, many workers didn't accept machines, many inventions were destroyed, but it was not about to be stopped. The machines had made their way to England, and nothing could stop them.
By the 1750's, the industrial Revolution had begun. At first, inventions were strictly limited to cotton weaving. Inventions such as the spinning jenny and the water-powered frame, both of which made spinning yarn faster, the spinning mule, the power loom and the cotton...