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    Life is something that evolves and as life evolves so does the items and ideas that encompass life. Humans have the nature to want things better to make life easier‚ that is just human nature‚ we want the items we work with on a daily basis to be simple and leave us with the sense of knowing we did something useful without having to put in an abundance of effort‚ You could take the farming as an example‚ the people who inhabited America before the white men used things they made from clay or the

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    grown in one area of land so you doing take all the nutrients out of the soil Better breeding 4 crop rotation (yield increases) *All produces better quality and more food --> which makes cheaper food --> more people use it first factories Spinning jenny Water frame Cotton mill Steam engine: energy was in shortage so the steam engine became a necessary source for energy Seed drill Better plows Railroads: carries coal from the mines to the factories Reduced the cost and uncertainty of shipping

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    Britain. The invention of the Spinning Jenny was something that boosted their cotton industry even further. The Spinning Jenny was simple‚ inexpensive and powered by hand. It essentially spun a large of fine thread much faster than any device ever before. Additionally these machines were mainly worked by women‚ not only did it give the men time to go off and help drive the Industrial Revolution in others ways‚ but women were more efficient in using the Spinning Jenny than men proved to be. The biggest

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    Source C depicts the Spinning Jenny‚ a driving factor behind Britain’s Textile Industry‚ which in the Industrial Revolution‚ was dominated by machines such as these. The Spinning Jenny is shown in Source C to have eight spindles operated simultaneously through the rotation of a wheel to produce thread at a much higher rate of efficiency. The Spinning Jenny is also shown to be relatively small and maneuverable requiring very little skill

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    the making of wool often involved multiple steps such as scribbling‚ spinning‚ and weaving. Each stage took place in different cottages; spinning was often done by skilled women and weaving was done by skilled men. However‚ the textile industry’s organization of labor was challenged when the new machinery (slubbing billy and spinning jenny) was gradually introduced in the 1780s and 1790s. Both slubbing billy and spinning jenny can hold more than one ball of yarn at each operation. The new machinery

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    The population boom resulted in the canal boom‚ which was followed by the new policies of parliament. The new policies of parliament influenced the Cottage Industry‚ which resulted in the Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame‚ which was followed by the perfection of the steam engine‚ which caused an increase infrastructure‚ the increase infrastructure resulted in the invention of the locomotive‚ which in turn positively affected the economic state

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    Whirligig – Chapter 8 Jenny feels helpless as someone that she loves and close to is dying – her grandmother. When the old woman tells Jenny to give her a ride around town‚ Jenny decides to help her because her mom wasn’t there‚ and she somehow desperately needed to see this place. So Jenny and her grandmother get into the car‚ and drive around the town. Her grandmother tells her to go places that don’t even make any sense‚ like a birch tree‚ and an old run down house. This old house was

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    Some boys who did not work attended schools such as grammar school. These schools were not any easier than working‚ however‚ and it did not provide money for the family so only the wealthy could afford to send their kids to schools. These schoolboys usually worked similar hours and had breaks for meals. Corporal punishment in these learning facilities was not uncommon. Teachers could punish children by smacking their bare butts with birch twigs or hold naughty boys down by their necks. The aristocratic

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    Have you ever wondered how some of the inventions we use today came about and how they became so popular? Well for textiles‚ steam power‚ iron making‚ machine tools‚ transportation‚ and many other inventions the answer to that question is the Industrial Revolution. Though there many advantages to this time period many believe that this time period was a curse. They believe that because of the poor living conditions‚ unsafe working conditions in the factories‚ and the disregard of workers rights.

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    The start if the Industrial Revolution began in England. One of the most important thing that started this revolution were the resources. England had many resources available. The change of Agriculture made more production in meat and wheat. Machines were invented to help them due to lack of workers. (Doc 1) Iron‚ coal‚ wool‚ and tin were the natural resources that England had so many of available. Iron were used to make machines‚ Coals to fuel the machines‚ wools to make clothes‚ and tin to store

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