ion had many great harbors, they had many ships which gave them a great over seas trade which provided great raw materials. Among other were great political stability, good banking system and a favorable climate for new ideas.The cotton industry was the first struck by the Industrial Revolution. By 1800 six major inventions had totally transformed the cotton industry. First of these inventions was the flying shuttle which was little more than a boat-shaped piece of wood to which yarn was attached, but it allowed a weaver to work twice as fast. Since the invention of the flying shuttle spinners couldn’t keep up with weavers so the next invention was the spinning jenny. This simple machine allowed one spinner to work six to eight threads at a time. Both of the previously mentioned were hand-operated machines. Next to come was the water-frame; it used the water from fast-flowing streams to drive the spinning wheels. By combing features from the spinning jenny and the water-frame Samuel Crompton made the spinning mule, it made thread that was stronger and finer. The water-frame and spinning mule were too large and expensive for people to have in their homes so wealthy merchants setup machines in places called factories. Lastly of these improvements was the cotton gin, it pulled the seeds out of the cotton which made it much faster for the producer of it and then they could turn out more bales.Another part of the Industrial Revolution the when the steam engine was built and later improved by several inventors. At it best at that time the steam engine gave way to trains so workers could live in the country and still go to work in the big cities. Also supplies could be carried faster by train and more easily. By 1850 only 25 years after the first line had been built there was over 16,200 miles of railroad track in Britain eventually a foreigner called Britain, “the workshop of the world.”*The cities literally had...
