What were the causes and consequences of
the Industrial Revolution c17501900?
This is a diagram of Boulton and Watt’s steam engine from 1782. Using cogs and gears they turned the
up and down movement into rotary motion. This invention meant that...
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What were the causes and consequences of
the Industrial Revolution c17501900?
This is a diagram of Boulton and Watt’s steam engine from 1782. Using cogs and gears they turned the
up and down movement into rotary motion. This invention meant that the water wheel could be replaced
as the main source of power and the steam engine could be used to power the machinery in the new
factories. By 1820 all new factories were built to run on steam power alone.
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1. What factors enabled Britain to have an industrial revolution 17501900??
2. What were the effects of Industrial change 17501900?
3. Were children’s working conditions in the factories really terrible in the
period by 1830?
4. Were children’s working conditions in the coal mines really terrible in the
period by 1830?
5. How far did Greenwich Marsh change during the period 17502000?
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