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1767

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james hargreaves builds spinning jenny

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1782

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james watt and steam engine

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1804

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richard trevithick builds the first steam train to run on a track

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4
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1811

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luddites smash machines

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5
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1825

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passenger trains start running in britain

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6
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1829

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george stephenson builds the rocket

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7
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1851

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the great exhibition

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8
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1733

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John Kay made the flying shuttle.

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9
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richard arkwright

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water frame

water power from streams to drive spinning wheel.
combine shuttle and jenny

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10
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samuel crompton

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spinning mule, features of jenny and frame and

this produced thread that was stronger, finer, and more consistent.

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11
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Cartwright

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power loom sped up weaving, because it was powered by water,

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12
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water frame, spinning mule, power loom

factory

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spinning mule and water frame and power loom were too bulky and expensice to work in house. so formed factories which needed water power.

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13
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1793

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eli whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793

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14
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macadam

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in early 1800s , john macadam built roads for drainage.

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