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THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
ECONOMIC CHANGE
at the end of the 18th century
England transformed from agricultural to industrial country
TECHNOLOGICAL INOVATIONS
transformed and improved
the productivity of workers
in 1765 James Watt
patented a steam engine powerful
in 1787 Edmund Cartwright
invented loom linked cloth manufacture to water and steam engine
THIS CHANGED
the geography of the country
the new industrial activity moved near the North and the coal mnes of Midlands
after
worker also movenew urban center were born
way of working
regulated by the mechanism of the machines
long working hours, about 65-70 a week
women and children were paid poorly
WHY?
the population increased
agriculture was intensified
economic activity was gradually diversified
the clothing of the ordinary people change with the introduction of linen underwear
