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The Textile Industry Advances
British merchants tried to organize the "putting-out system" in which raw cotton was distributed to peasant families who spun it into thread and then wove the thread into cloth in their own homes.Skilled artisans in the towns the finished and dyed the cloth. The enduring impact of this event is the speed of production, since before this machine, being slow. -
The land Enclosure movement.
The enclosure movement began in England, but it became more popular when aristocracy wanted to increase the size of their manorial lands. The enduring impact of this event is the division of formerly public agricultural and grazing land into smaller plots of private property. -
Abraham Darby's experiment
Abraham Darby used coal instead of charcoal to separate iron from its ore.This led him to produce less expensive and better-quality iron. The enduring impact of this event is us being able to pay less amount of money for coal when its used way more and more widely, especially after railroads was built for us to have trains which is a transportation for people and goods. -
James Watt key improvements
Watt was an engineer who looked at Newcomen's invention and set out to make improvements on the engine in order to make it more efficient. After seven years of work, it became a key power source of the Industrial Revolution. The enduring impact of this event is The steam engine opened the door not only to operating machinery but to powering locomotives and steamships. We today, get on steamships to travel out of the country to visit loved ones, travel because of work or even go on vacations. -
Laissez-Faire Economics
The main proponent of laissez-faire economics was Adam Smith, author of bestseller The Wealth of Nations. Smith asserted that a free market would come to help everyone, not just the rich. The enduring impact of this event is the free market would produce more goods at lower prices, making them affordable to everyone. -
Workers Stage Futile Protests
The first instances of industrial riots occurred in England. Groups of textile workers known as the Luddites resisted the labor-saving machines with sledgehammers and burned factories they usually wore masks and operated at night. There was widespread support among the working class for these Luddite groups. The enduring impact of this event is it saved peoples job and kept their working wages. -
The Factory Acts passed in England
Labour laws Act passed by the Parliament to regulate the conditions of industrial employment. The early Acts concentrated on regulating the hours of work and moral welfare of young children employed in cotton mills the regulation of working hours was then extended to women. The enduring impact of this event put children in safer and better conditions. -
The writings of Karl Marx and Engles
Marx and Engles wrote a pamphlet called "The Communist Manifesto" in which Marx theorized that economics was the driving force in history. He argued that there was "the history of class struggles" between the "Haves" and the "have-nots" had always owned the means of production and controlled society and all its wealth. The enduring impact of this event is that the society marked the end of the struggles people had endured throughout history.
