Before the Industrial Revolution

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Before the Industrial Revolution: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as The Pace of Industrial Change, Period of Proto-industrialisation, Trade Guilds during Proto-industrialisation, Beginning of Industrial Era and, Production in the Countryside during Proto-industrialisation

Important Questions on Before the Industrial Revolution

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What do we mean by "steam powered cotton or metal industries"?

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_____ improved the steam engine produced by Thomas Newcomen. (James Watt / Thomas Savery)

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In the early nineteenth century, factories increasingly became an intimate part of the English landscape. 

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Who was the industrialist friend Mathew Boulton?

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Stapler – A person who ‘staples’ or sorts wool according to its fibre.

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Name the prior stage of carding.

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_____ is the stage of industrialisation, in which large-scale industrial production was carried out before the coming of factories in Britain for international markets.(Proto-industrialisation / Pre-industrialisation)

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Which period of history appears like a wonderful time of technological progress?