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Industrial Revolution
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John Kay invented the flying shuttle
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British Industrial Monopoly
British industrial monopoly, 1750 to 1800, forbade immigration of skilled workers -
James Watt's steam engine
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Samuel Crompton invented the spinning "mule,"
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Edmund Cartwright invented a water-driven power loom
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Luddites struck against mills and destroyed machines
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Fourteen Luddites hung, and the movement died
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George Stephenson invented the first steam-powered locomotive
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Luddites struck against mills and destroyed machines
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British craftsmen started cotton textile industry in New England in 1820s
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Bessemer converter made cheaper, stronger steel
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Rail networks developed in 1860s
Integrated various regions of United States -
Heavy iron and steel industries in 1870s
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Assembly Line introduced by Henry Ford
Later (1913), Henry Ford introduced assembly line to automobile production