Industrial+Revolution+in+England

By Danielle Dennis

There were advances in many technologies in the eighteenth century England consisting mostly of agriculture, religion, and industry. While this was going on, England changed mostly from an agricultural society into an industry based one. This made trade expand greatly, and made trading a lot easier with the other countries, and the farmers were no longer restricted to the land. There were a lot of inventions that helped the industrial revolution along, like the steam engine. It was used to pump water out of coal mines.

There was also new transportation technology consisting of the improvement of rail roads and new roads. Canals were put into England as well..

Instead of a lot of farms, factories started to spread all over England, and this is where a lot of people got their jobs. Have you ever heard of the Spinning Jenny? It was a large part of American history, and helped the American Industrial Revolution as well, but England introduced and had it around a little longer than we did. The same thing happened with the Slater Mill, and all different kinds of inventions. In 1833, it was said to have employed a lot of people - 237,000! England had converted from agricultural to industrial, and it made things a lot easier for them.

They later passed child labor laws because of the young children being in the factories. The machines were dangerous if you weren't being careful, but this did help them set up the child labor laws and helped England achieve a lot over time. The Industrial Revolution in England helped them, and America, be who they are today!