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The Industrial Revolution refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s.
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James hargreaves invented the Spinny Jenny which allowed one spinner to work eight threads at one time.
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Factory workers joined together to press reform and strike against working conditions and hours
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Combination ACts of 1799 and 1800 outlawed unions and strikes
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Urbanization: Movement of people to cities and the building of cities between the 1800s and 1850s
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Middle/Working Class formed between 1800s and 1850s in various countries in England
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Late 1800s, Britian had started letting people go to public schools for free
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Restricted working age and hours.
Children under the age of 9 should not be employed
Children 9-16 can not work more than 16 hours a day -
Railroad locomotives starting the Railroad Age in England using James Watt's Steam Engine
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In 1833, Britian offically ended slavery which had led to other countries to abolish slavery further one.
