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Patent of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. This was a very vital tool in the Industrial Revolution because it helped to speed up the process witch that was to separate cotton fibres from their seeds. Cotton plants contained seeds that were difficult to separate from the soft fibers. -
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Combination Acts
this was made the union trade's illegal. The laws was you would be sentenced three months in jail or to two months. aswell hard labour to any workman who combined with another to gain an increase in wages or a decrease in hours or who requested anyone else to leave work or objected to working with any other workman. -
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Luddite Rebellion begins
the Luddites, who were textile workers who lived in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire, had started a rebellion because they were threatened by machines that were made by manufacturers. -
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The first Factory Act for Child Labor
the British government had passed a law to help improve working conditions for children in the Industrial Revolution. The act stated that children under the age of nine were not allowed to work in the factories, as the children worked long hours under horrible conditions. -
poor houses
this event was was designed to reduce the cost of looking after the poor as it stopped money going to the poor people. The poor were given clothes and food in the workhouse in exchange for several hours of manual labour each day. People had to wear a type of uniform, follow strict rules and were on a very bad diet of bread and watery soup. -
The Bessemer steel process
the Crimean War in the 1850s, Henry Bessemer worked on the problem of manufacturing cheap steel for British Navy. He noted the effect of hot air blast in removing carbon impurities from iron.