Inventions
IR In Britain
IR In America
Characteristics
Changes because of IR
100

This boils water and uses steam for energy. 

Steam engine

100

The year that the Revolution started in Britain. 

1760

100

The year the Industrial revolution started in America. 

1820

100

Key features of an industrial revolution. 

Mass production of goods, increased efficiency and cheaper power

100

School and not working

Farming

200

This made clothes easier to make. 

Spinning jenny

200

A thing that helped weave wool that was invented in Britain. 

The flying shuttle

200

The reason that America had a revolution. 

THe use of machines and spreading industrialization

200

The changes in tools that were used in mass production. 

Mass production of machines

200

The reason why you have coloured clothes. 

Silk machines

300

Made cotton easier to mass-produce. 

Cotton gin

300

This machine-made wool into a string. 

The water frame

300

One of the greatest American inventions in the revolution. 

The photograph

300

Where did the Ir Start 

Briten

300

Why there are no more candles

The light bulb. 

400

This made communication across long-distance easier.  

Telegraph. 

400

The reason that Britain had a good economy at the time. 

High wages and cheap power

400

An invention that helps writing quicker and neater. 

The typewriter

400

What materials started the revolution. 

Coal

400

Why we don't sit on the ground. 

Chairs

500

This made the use of candles and fireless useful. 

Light bulb. 

500

A major impact of the revolution on Britain. 

Factories, transportation and urbanisation. 

500

An invention that helped with mining. 

Dynomite

500

What was the first factory? 

Water-powered cotton spinning wheel

500

How computers exist

The invention of computers