Industrial Revolution
Began in Great Britain
New Technology
New Machinery
Steam engine
Telegraph
Smelting
Sewing machine
Stronger, cheaper iron
Abraham Darby
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Thomas Newco
Production of good shifts from hand tools to machinery
Life before 1750
People grow their own food and trade local markets
life after 1750
people lived in rural villages
People travel by foot horse or sail
Buy food and clothing made elsewhere
people work in industrial towns or cities
travel by train or steamship
Farming Advancements
Fertilizer
Seed drill
enclosure movement
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