WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How did changes in textile manufacturing help initiate the Industrial Revolution? (Textile manufacturers used raw materials recently discovered in the Americas to introduce new products to Europe. Textile manufacturers were the first to combine steam power and machinery in factories to mass produce goods.

Detailed explanation-2: -New technological innovations such as Hargreave’s “spinning jenny”, Richard Arkwright’s water frame, and the Boulton and Watt steam engine improved the quality of thread and the speed it took to produce.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British textile industry triggered tremendous scientific innovation, resulting in such key inventions as the flying shuttle, spinning jenny, water frame, and spinning mule. These greatly improved productivity and drove further technological advancements that turned textiles into a fully mechanized industry.

Detailed explanation-4: -But, with the invention of the spinning wheel and the loom, cotton was produced quicker and eventually replaced wool in the textile field. This dramatically reduced production time and the cost to produce material and was the start of many drastic changes in the textile industry.

Detailed explanation-5: -The textile industry was greatly impacted by a number of new inventions such as the flying shuttle, the spinning frame and the cotton gin. But it was the invention of the Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves that is credited with moving the textile industry from homes to factories.