Major
Events of the Great Britain Industrial Revolution
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- coal replaced
wood in production of goods
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- to drain
water and raise coal from mines, steam engines were introduced, then later
changed by James Watt so that other things could be moved/transported
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- the invention
of the spinning jenny (James Hargreave, patented 1770)
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- the invention
of the water frame (Richard Arkwright, 1769)
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- the invention
of the spinning mule (Samuel Crompton, 1779)
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- coke was
introduced to the production of iron
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- Lancashire
and Yorkshire became the greatest textile centers in the world
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- the Bessemer
process made the use of steam and steel more common
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- electricity
was introduced, which greatly improved the rate of production
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