THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

KEY TURNING POINTS

• It started in England around the early 1800's
• 1764- Spinning jenny developed by James Hargreaves
• 1780s- Power loom developed by Edmund Cartwright
• Early 1800's- coke coal is used to easily produce iron
• 1850's- steel and iron have begun to be mass produced

TURNING POINTS CONT.

• 1712- first steam engine produced by Thomas Newcomen
• 1770's- the steam engine is used to power machinery
• Early 1800's- first steamboat built by Robert Fulton
• Early 1800's- first railway steam locomotive built by Richard Trevithick
• 1820's- new process developed for better road construction

WORK CITED

• http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
• http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/steel.html