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    frame which is a machine for spinning thread to prepare for weaving. This was different than most machines however because it is a powered machine that does not require a skilled operator to use. Eventually with the help of another, John Kay, they built the first spinning mill in 1768. Two businessmen were impressed with their creation and gave them money to build a larger one powered by a water wheel, this was the first modern factory, starting the Industrial Revolution for Britain. As more f
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    and established the government's right to tax the colonists, but lower the price of tea overall, which in their theory would make the colonists happy. This was wrong because the colonists desired to trade without London interfering. When the company’s ships arrived with tea, protesters dressed up as Mohawk Indians and tipped 342 chests of tea from three boats, at Boston Harbor, into the water.