Wednesday, 15 May 2013

The Industrial Revolution


The Industrial Revolution era was a period in life which a lot of changes occurred in the world. The changes occurred in agriculture, textile, and creation of metal, transportation, financial policies and the social structure in England. This period is called revolution for its extremely ruined the way they used to do things. The changes where being occurred constantly. The period was during 1760-1850 and the year 1760 was generally accepted as the eve of the Industrial Revolution.

The agricultural techniques where really advanced it was an increase in food and raw materials, changed the industrial coordination and new technology resulted increase in the production, there were more facilities and benefits, there were an increase in business both foreign and domestic. A lot of these actions were so related to each other that if one of the activities goes well the other one goes well as well.

The textile industry was changed by industrialization. Before we had mechanization and a lot of factories it was made in people’s homes. The seller usually used to provide them the raw material and some basic tools and then he used to pick the finish product. In around 1700s machinery for more efficiency was being invented. The spinning jenny was one of the first machines that were invented by James Hargreaves.

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