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The invention of new and larger spinning and weaving machines shits textile industry into factories.
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Kay patented the Flying Shuttle
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Cotton mills were opened at Birmingham and Northampton.
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Lancashire mill owners imported East India yarns to improve the quality of textiles.
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An angry mob of weavers wrecked Kay's house.
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Hargreaves designed the Spinning Jenny.
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Arkwright designed the Water Frame.
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An angry mob destroyed Arkwright's mill at Chorely.
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Arkwright patented the Water Frame.
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Hargreaves patented the Spinning Jenny.
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Arkwright opened his mill at Cromford.
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The first all-cotton textiles were produced.
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Crompton Designed the Spinning Mule.
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Arkwright's mill at Masson was opened.
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Cartwright patented the power loom.
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The Boulton and Watt steam engine is first used in a textiles factory.
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Cotton goods production was 10 times more than in 1770
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Samuel Slater brought textile machinery design to the US.
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Arkwright's steam powered factory was built in Nottingham.
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Grimshaw's factory in Manchester was destroyed by an angry mob of weavers and spinners.
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin.
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Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a device using punched card to weave complex designs.
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English textile mills were forced to close down as supplies of cotton from the US South ran short.
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Horrocks invented the speed batton.
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Singer Sewing Machine was invented.
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India's first cotton mill was built.