HIST 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Quarry Bank Mill, Industrial Revolution, Flying Shuttle
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The revolution started in a quiet valley in the low hills that surrounded manchester. Two centuries ago the bollin river inspired a british merchant to launch one of the most important experiments in human history. In 1784, on the bank of the streams, samuel greg gathered in a small factory a new spinning machine, orphaned children, workers from surrounding villages and a supply of caribbean cotton. For the first time in human history, machines powered by non-animate energy manufactured yarn. Greg"s factory was embedded within global spanning networks and would spark around the world greater changes than he could understand. He secured the raw material for production from his merchant relatives in liverpool who purchased it off boats from places like jamaica and brazil. From this spark, england came to dominate a many pronged world economy, making one of humanity"s most important industries its own.
