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Middle Ages in Europe
The middle ages in Europe were not very exciting on the industrial side of things but did eventually start creating factories and monasteries (Ignitia.com Editors). In the middle ages, Europe was in a feudal system, and life was very good for those who remained stagnant in it (Ignitia.com Editors). Later in the middle ages, work doubled in mills mines, and factories throughout Europe (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Before the Revolution
Before the Industrial Revolution, work was conducted mainly at home or in a nearby workshop (Ignitia.com Editors). The food for his family was grown in the family garden (Ignitia.com Editors). The Industrial Revolution would greatly change lives and the development of factories (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Flying Shuttle
John Kay, this inventor had created an amazing invention in 1733 called the flying shuttle (Ignitia.com Editors). The flying shuttle was a loom to make the creation of clothes a lot easier and sped up the process of weaving clothes together (Ignitia.com Editors). Following that, the flying shuttle greatly increased the production of cloth (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Industrial Revolution: Beginning
A dramatic change was brought upon the industrial revolution (Ignitia.com Editors). The production of articles greatly changed (Ignitia.com Editors). The Industrial Revolution had also begun in the mid-1750s in England (Ignitia.com Editors). -
The Printing Press
In the Industrial Revolution, an invention named the Printing Press was made by John Gutenberg around the 1750s (Ignitia.com Editors). The printing press' job was that it would copy something and print it on a piece of paper (Ignitia.com Editors). The first-ever thing printed to the press was the Bible, making it affordable to the common man (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Development of factories
The work-life had greatly changed with people working at home, and machines becoming too large and too expensive to keep at home (Ignitia.com Editors). With this issue at hand, people started making big sheds called factories to store and use their machines for work (Ignitia.com Editors). But worker often had to travel great distances to work or to relocate near the factory (Ignitia.com Editors) -
Spinning Jenny
Following John Kay's invention came James Hargreaves's invention, the spinning jenny, it was used for more efficient spinning wheels to make the thread needed for weaving (Ignitia.com Editors). This new machine could spin eight times as much thread as a normal spinning wheel (Ignitia.com Editors). Eventually, the flying shuttle and the spinning jenny were both improved and were replaced by better machines later on (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Cotton Cost
The Cotton Cost had greatly increased due to the cost of slavery in America at the time (Ignitia.com Editors). To help with this cost, the Cotton Gin was made (Ignitia.com Editors). With that, stores could purchase cotton for much less and sell clothing for a much more affordable price (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was just a colonial school teacher and gun maker until he created one of the most amazing inventions the world has ever seen, the Cotton Gin (Ignitia.com Editors). Eli Whitney thought that instead of having a man pick only a few pounds of cotton a day, he could collect fifty pounds a day (Ignitia.com Editors). Eli Whitney began experimenting with a machine that separated cotton seeds from the lint (Ignitia.com Editors). -
Energy Sources
The power of the machine made the industrial age awesome (Ignitia.com Editors). Physical and strong men were outmatched by the power of machines in the industry (Igntitia.com Editors). As automatic machines had become very famous, their power potential greatly increased (Ignitia.com Editors).