The+Industrial+Revolution

British Inventors First machines spun and wove cloth quickly Angered people who made cloth at home
 * Wealthy businessmen built factories
 * Spinning Jenny machine spun 16 threads simultaneously
 * Luddites protested bu smashing machines
 * Led by Ned Ludd

Steam Power James Watt invented first steam engine in 1782 George Stephenson designed steam train, The Rocket
 * Hundreds of his engines used throughout Britain
 * 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