The Industrial Revolution Was A Production Revolution

Before America was a world power, England held the title rightfully. England brought the world tremendous change when James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny and then again when James Watt invented steam energy. As farmers used new ways of making food, food became less expensive and more abundant leading to population growth. The population growth leads to a higher demand for manufactured goods. The industrial revolution was a production revolution. With more famers having to become migrant workers because of the need for farmers was reduced manufacturing was allowed to grow. It enhanced the production of goods in England and quickly spread around the world. England being an island its only form of trade was by ship but†¦show more content†¦This system was the basis of full on industrialization. To England’s advantage the businessmen in England were the only ones who benefit from a Laissez-Faire economy. This helped the British develop modern banking and gave way to the industrial revolution. The first invention that officially started the industrial revolution was the Spinning Jenny created by James Hargreaves. The spinning jenny helped people quickly spin thread out of wool or cotton, what once took days to do could be done in hours thanks to the jenny. By 1812 one spinning jenny could produce as much yarn as two hundred hand spinners. Industry was taken to the next level when James Watt created steam energy. The Jenny’s were to now be powered by steam energy instead of a person. The jenny and other inventions that innovated production at that time turned a once home-based production to factory production. This production of clothes helped European society because the manufacturing of cotton became so cheap. This in turn made the products easier for lower class people to buy and keep clean improving public health in Britain. Now that production was moved to factories it was easier to produce goods at a faster pace as well as distri bute it to the rest of the continent and America. By 1815 Britain was used as an example of how to industrialize. German engineers came to see how spinning jennies were created so they can take the information back to Germany and create other