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    land so you doing take all the nutrients out of the soil Better breeding 4 crop rotation (yield increases) *All produces better quality and more food --> which makes cheaper food --> more people use it first factories Spinning jenny Water frame Cotton mill Steam engine: energy was in shortage so the steam engine became a necessary source for energy Seed drill Better plows Railroads: carries coal from the mines to the factories Reduced the cost and uncertainty of shipping freight over land

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    all of the profits were going to Britain. Britain’s Opium exports to China started in the mid-1700s and peaked in 1832. Another product that was being used by Britain was cotton. Britain was a very industrialized country with many textile factories‚ therefore they needed a lot of cotton and by 1875 about 125 million pounds of cotton was imported for the British Textile industry. Between

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    Carlie Daquino Mrs. Sauter World History/Block G 14 December 2014 Industrial Revolution I do not agree with the statement that the Industrial Revolution has had more negative effects on the world community than positive. In the long run‚ the Industrial Revolution led to a better family life‚ advancements in technology‚ a rise in consumerism‚ and a positive impact in world new government. Family life prior to the Industrial Revolution was centered on the family farm or small local business

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    A PROJECT REPORT ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS OF “the INDIAN COTTON INDUSTRY” SUBMITTED TO: PROF. SWAHA SHOME SUBMITTED BY: KUMAR SHIVENDRA 10BSP0704 PRAVESH KUMAR KHANDELWAL 10BSP1160 SUMIT PAUL 10BSP0529 Table of Contents Type chapter title (level 1)1 Type chapter title (level 2)2 Type chapter title (level 3)3

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    The children of the poor were expected to help towards the family budget‚ often working long hours in dangerous jobs for low pay‚ earning 10-20% of an adult male’s wage. In England and Scotland in 1788‚ two-thirds of the workers in 143 water-powered cotton mills were described as children‚]In 19th-century Great Britain‚ one-third of poor families were without a breadwinner‚ as a result of death or abandoning of them. Some boys who were not even able to get into the industries they would have had to

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    Was the Industrial Revolution good for some people? Did the industrial revolution help England in the 18th century? The Industrial Revolution started in the 18th century. The Industrial Revolution is a dark time in the Victorian era where‚ many kids from poor families or orphans were forced to work endless hours everyday to little to no pay. Many kids died in tragic work accidents or illness from the job. They were called ‘The white slaves of england‚’ they are the people who built Britain from the

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    Child Labor in Great Britain stated in the late 18th century. The cotton mills owners would go out into the country and find children that were either very poor or orphans and have them come work for them in the factories. In instances children would begin working in these industry at the age of five or six and work long hours of the day basically more than half the day they would end of working in that job. In 1802 social reforms would start to begin to help these children be kids and have some

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    Smith Mrs. Huskinsson English 101 18 November 2012 Book Review: The Most They Ever Had The Most They Ever Had is a story of suffering‚ hard work‚ and sacrifice. It is a collaboration of interviews conducted on the textile workers of the Profile cotton mill in Jacksonville‚ Alabama. The author of the book‚ Rick Bragg‚ compiles the stories of these people because he is one of them. He was raised in Jacksonville‚ Alabama. His older brother‚ Sam‚ worked at the mill. Bragg wrote this story of his people

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    British had political control and they succeeded in monopolizing the trade with India. Their foreign rivals were defeated in trade and thus they did not face any competition. They also monopolized the export of all types of raw materials. They use to buy them at low prices whereas the Indian weavers had to buy them at overpriced prices. They imposed heavy duties on Indian goods on their entrance in Britain so to protect their own monopolized industry. They thought out of the box and did many

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    The Industrial Revolution was a gargantuan change in the history of the world which affected our agriculture‚ industry and transport and communications. According to history.com‚ “The Industrial Revolution was a period during which predominantly agrarian‚ rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban.” This monumental change evoked in England during the 18th and 19th centuries. Facts presented in cove.k12.or.us‚ state that‚ “The British town of Manchester numbered 17‚000 people

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