Understanding the Industrial Revolution

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Industrial Revolution

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Period of major industrialization from late 1700s to early 1800s

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Steam Engine

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Key invention that powered factories and transportation

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Textile Industry

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First industry to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution

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Urbanization

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Movement of people to cities for factory jobs

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Spinning Jenny

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Machine that revolutionized textile production

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James Watt

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Improved the steam engine, making it more efficient

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Factory System

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Method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor

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Child Labor

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Common practice in factories during the Industrial Revolution

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Luddites

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Group that opposed industrial changes, destroyed machinery

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Railroads

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Revolutionized transportation and trade during the Industrial Revolution