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The spinning Jenny
The spinning Jenny is a Mulit-spindle spinning frame, it was one of the key developments in the industrializations of textile manufacturing during the early industrial revolution. This invention was invented by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancaster in England, There were rumors that this inventions was names after James Hargreaves daughter. This invention elevated the process of cotton spinning -
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was the first person to use the Watts steam engine to power textile machinery. By 1772 Arkwright developed mills, in which the whole process of yarn manufacturing was carried on by one machine. Soon later Arkwright was recognized as the father of the modern industrial factory system. Then in 1799, Samuel Crompton invents the Spinning Jenny, which was a cross between machines invented by Arkwrih and Hargreaves. -
Zong massacre
The Zong ship was a ship filled with slaves that crossed the Atlantic. In 1781 there was a mass killing of way more than 130 enslaved Africans but the crew of the Britain Slave Ship. -
The Luddites
The Luddites was a group of people who opposed all the new technology and thought that it would do more harm than good. Sometimes they would attack and destroy factory machinery -
Child Labor
During the industrial period factory owner would hire children to work for them. Factory owners wanted children since they were small they can do some task. Also, it was profitable for the factory owners to employ children than skilled adults, the factory owner made more money by purchasing orphans and paid them low wages for working for them. The conditions were really bad,, sometimes the children would fall in the machine for lack of sleep and get crushed. -
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Abolition Act passed
In the year 1833 in Great Britain, the Abolition Act was passed by parliament that abolished slavery in most of the British colonies. Because of this act more than 800,00 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean, South Africa, and small numbers of places Canada. But the slave owners all go compensation for the loss of their slave in the form of a government grant that was set at $20,000,000. -
Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851
The Crystal place exhibition was made to show off all the new inventions and innovations coming from the Brtitan Empire. The building celebrated modern industrial technology and design with the major motivation for Britain to make clear to the world and its role and an industry leader. The palace would have 6 million visitors ( even Queen Victoria visited 3 times with her family). -
The Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was the machine used for cleaning cotton seeds, invented in the united states. The Cotton Gin is an example of an invention directly called forth by an immediate demand, the mechanization of spinning jenny in England had created a big expanding market for American Cotton. The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.
