Who is John Kay?
made the flying shuttle
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Who is Samuel Crompton?
his machines improved the strength of the yarn it wove
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Who is Eli Whitney?
he revolutionized the cotton industry
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What is a flying shuttle?
boat-shaped piece of wood which yarn was attached
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Who is Samuel Crompton?
he produced the spinning mule
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What are factories?
Large buildings that held machines
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What is the spinning mule?
It is combined from the spinning jenny and the water frame
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who is Eli Whitney?
he created the cotton gin
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What is an entrepreneur?
a person who organizes and takes on the risks of a business
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What is the Power Loom?
It was invented by Edmund Cartwright
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What are factories?
They kept the processes of textile industries a secret
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What is road transportation?
had a layer of large stones for drainage with smoothed layer of crushed rock on top
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Who is John Kay?
his idea spurred the invention of the spinning machine because of the increase of yarn
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What is the spinning mule?
gave the spinner great control over the weaving process, many different types of yarn could be produced
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What is an entrepreneur?
a business man named Matthew Boulton is an example of this
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What is a railroad?
It gave manufacturers a cheap way to transport materials and finished products
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What is road transportation?
Also called a turnpike
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What is a railroad?
boosted England's fishing industry
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What is the power loom?
It sped up weaving after its original invention
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What is a flying shuttle?
Doubled the work a weaver could do in a day
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