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Slave Trade
From Europe to Africa they sent goods such as weapons and alcohol.
They traded the goods for slaves.
So the slaves were sent to America.
The slaves produced rum, tobacco, sugar and cotton.
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Industrial Revolution
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Water Frame
The water frame is the name given to a spinning frame, when water power is used to drive it. Both are credited to Richard Arkwright who patented the technology in 1768. It was based on an invention by Thomas Highs and the patent was later overturned. -
Power Loom
A power loom is a mechanised loom powered by a line shaft, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The person who invented this is Edmund Cartwright. Cartwright was a prolific inventor. He patented a wool-combing machine in 1789 and a steam engine that used alcohol, as well as a machine for making rope, in 1797. He even helped the American, Robert Fulton, with his steamboat inventions. -
Cotton Gin
In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
TNT
TNT is a chemical explosive they used for war.
It was invented from a chemist named Julius Wilbrand made in 1863.
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Dynamite
Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay) and stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthact, and patented in 1867. It rapidly gained wide-scale use as a safer alternative to gun powder and nitroglycerin.