INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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Question
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the early textile machines could not produce goods as efficiently as hand labor
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the unions required that more workers be hired to maintain the machines
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the demand for goods increased as goods became cheaper to produce
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laws prohibited women and children from working with machinery
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Industrial Middle Class Those who benefited most from the Industrial Revolution were the entrepreneurs who set it in motion. The Industrial Revolution created this new middle class, or bourgeoisie, whose members came from a variety of backgrounds. Some were merchants who invested their growing profits in factories.
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.