The+Industrial+Revolution

__Wanted Improvements__ It was dangerous for kids as young as 6 to work in Factories. All people were subjected to factory work, and families without money sent their kids to work in factories. I thought they went a little too fast, but other than that, it was pretty good.

__Industrial Revolution__ Before the Industrial Revolution, women did most of their work by hand. However, during the Industrial Rev, women's work was made easier by invention of new machines. Also, after the Revolution, women were allowedd to go to college.

__Suzanne, Stanley, Jaclyn, and__ Due to the lessened amount of work the inventions of the Industrial Revolution brought, people were able to find leisurely time to go to plays, watch movies, relax, go shopping. Sports such as basketball and baseball were also invented for people to enjoy.

__Stephanie, Jeremey, and Juan, and Alex__ Due to the bad conditions of factories, fires erupted causing injuries amongst workers and other devastations

Inventions of the Industrial Revolution Inventions such as lightbulbs and electric lamps improved living conditions. Television was also inveted for people to watch and enjoy in their leisurly time. The invention of the telephone also made it easir for people to make calls, to better communicate. All these helped improve their lives.

__**Wikipedia Info**__ These represent three 'leading sectors', in which there were key innovations, which allowed the economic take off by which the Industrial Revolution is usually defined. This is not to belittle many other inventions, particularly in the [|textile] industry. Without some earlier ones, such as the spinning jenny and [|flying shuttle] in the textile industry and the smelting of pig iron with coke, these achievements might have been impossible. Later inventions such as the [|power loom] and [|Richard Trevithick's] high pressure[|steam engine] were also important in the growing industrialisation of Britain. The application of steam engines to powering [|cotton mills] and [|ironworks] enabled these to be built in places that were most convenient because other resources were available, rather than where there was water to power a [|watermill].
 * Textiles** – [|Cotton] [|spinning] using [|Richard Arkwright's] [|water frame], James Hargreaves's [|Spinning Jenny] , and Samuel Crompton's [|Spinning Mule] (a combination of the Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame). This was patented in 1769 and so came out of patent in 1783. The end of the patent was rapidly followed by the erection of many [|cotton mills] . Similar technology was subsequently applied to spinning <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|worsted] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|yarn] for various textiles and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|flax] for linen.
 * Steam power** – The improved <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|steam engine] invented by <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|James Watt] and patented in 1775 was initially mainly used for pumping out <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|mines], but from the 1780s was applied to power machines. This enabled rapid development of efficient semi-automated factories on a previously unimaginable scale in places where <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|waterpower] was not available.