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9 Cards in this Set
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textile
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flying shuttle, spinning jenny, water frame, spinning mule, power loom
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transportation
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watt's steam engine, fulton's Claremont steam boat, creation of a net work of cavals
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the railway age begins
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steam engine on wheels= railroad locomotive trevithick English engineer liverpool manchester railroad
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railroads revolutionize life in Britain invention of locomotives
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1. cheap way transport materials and finished products
2. new jobs for miners and workers 3. boosted England's agricultural and fishing industries 4. making travel easier distant city jobs country side resorts |
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industrialization
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factory system changed the way people lived and worked, introducing a variety of problems many less developed countries are under going the difficult process of industrialization today
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industrialization changes life
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1. led to a better quality of life for most people but caused human suffering
2. brought plentiful jobs but unhealthy pollution, and child labor 3. rising class tensions between working and middle class |
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industrial cities rise
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pace of industrialization accept rated rapidly in Britain, by 1800s people could earn higher wages in factories then on farms cities swelled with job seekers
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living conditions
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cities grew rapidly with no development plans sanitary codes of building codes. unpaved streets with no drains workers lived in dark shelters sickness was wide spread. life span was 7 years in 1842 for the working class. life span 28 years in 1842 for the rural population
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working conditions
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factory owners increase production= averse worker spent 14 hrs a day and 6 days a week. work did not change with seasons. women and children employed dangerous mining industry
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