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Creation of the first machine-powered factories
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Samuel Crompton creates the 'mule'
hybrid between water frame and spinning jinny, able to make strong and fine thread from cotton -
Edmund Cartwright creates a Power Loom™
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Factory Acts
These limited the working hours of child laborers and set minimum hygiene and safety requirements. -
Cotton spinners in Manchester go on strike.
This was done in an attempt to prevent a five-cent deduction in wages. -
Luddite Riot
The Luddites attacked factories in northern England and destroyed new machines because the machines were taking their jobs. -
Power Looms™ are now replacing handweavers in factories.
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The Combination Acts (passed in 1799 and 1800) were repealed.
These laws forbade groups forming for political reform. After they were repealed, things like unions could exist. -
George Stephenson tests Rocket, a locomotive that went 35 miles per hour.
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The cotton textile industry accounted for 22% of GB's industrial production.
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James Nasmyth introduces the Steam Hammer™.
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Mines Act of 1842
This law prohibited underground work for all women and girls, as well as boys under the age of ten. -
Engels publishes The Conditions of the Working Class in England.
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Crystal Palace
The Great Exhibition took place in the Crystal Palace, which was made entirely of iron and glass.
