The Industrial Revolution

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Across
  1. 4. Newcomen, Inventor of the first steam engine in 1712
  2. 8. Type of cheap labour widely used in factories in Britain during the IR
  3. 9. Mill, First modern factory established by Richard Arkwright in 1771
  4. 11. The name given to the transformation of towns & cities during the IR
  5. 12. Jenny, James Hargreaves invented this in 1764 to spin wool or cotton
  6. 14. The movement of people from the country to cities & towns during the IR
  7. 15. People opposed to industrialization
Down
  1. 1. Where the IR began
  2. 2. Wages, One of the negative effects suffered by factory workers in Britain during the IR
  3. 3. Watt, Inventor of the steam engine in 1763
  4. 5. The natural resource that helped power the IR in Britain
  5. 6. One of most important transportation inventions during the IR which helped transport goods & resources
  6. 7. The creation of ______________ meant that workers all worked under one roof during set hours
  7. 10. Shuttle, 1733 invention by John Kay which was important to the textile industry
  8. 13. The invention of ____________ replaced hand tools during the IR and made work more efficient