Page 2 - #1811090101 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Important terms:
• Industrial Revolution: Use of machinery in industries and its effects on the English
societies.
• Iron-Smelting Kilns: Blast furnace.
• Stapler: A small device used for putting staples into paper, etc.
• Sepoy: Indian soldier in the service of the British.
• Vagrant: A person without a settled home or regular work.
• Carding: A process prior to spinning cotton or wool.
• Orient: The countries to the east of Mediterranean.
• Luddism: A movement led by the charismatic General, Ned Ludd.
Timeline
1712 Steam engine built by Thomas New comen.
1733 Flying shuttle was invented by John Kay.
1759 James Brindely constructed Worsely canal.
1760-1820 First Phase of Industrial Revolution.
1765 James Hargreaves invented spinning jenny.
1769 Water frame was invented by Richard Arkwright.
