USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What product was first made using machines in factories?
A
Steel
B
textiles
C
locomotives
D
flying shuttles
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, in the textile industry before the Industrial Revolution, textiles were primarily made of wool and were handspun. But, with the invention of the spinning wheel and the loom, cotton was produced quicker and eventually replaced wool in the textile field.

Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest factories (using the factory system) developed in the cotton and wool textiles industry. Later generations of factories included mechanized shoe production and manufacturing of machinery, including machine tools.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rapid industrialisation first began in Britain, starting with mechanized textiles spinning in the 1780s, with high rates of growth in steam power and iron production occurring after 1800.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lombe’s Mill, viewed across the River Derwent, 18th century., England from 1718-21, was the first successful powered continuous production unit in the world, and the model for the factory concept later developed by Richard Arkwright and others in the Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -1764 Water frame invented by Richard Arkwright: the first powered textile machine. 1769 Arkwright patented the water frame.

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