1) When and where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
The Industrial Revolution started in England around 1733.
2) Why did England forbid factory workers to leave the country?
England wants to keep its industrialization a secret, so they prohibited anyone who had worked in a factory to leave the country.
3) How did Samuel Slater contribute to the Industrial Revolution in America?
Here in America, Samuel Slater reconstructed a cotton-spinning machine from memory. He then proceeded to build a factory of his own.
4) Name one of the bad consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
By the age of 6, many children were already working 14 hours a day in factories and some of them got sick and died because of the toxic fumes, others were sometimes killed working at the dangerous machines in factories.
viernes, 3 de abril de 2009
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