The development of industry

Vocabulary

Cotton fabric; import; loom; rise; munitions; fuel; charcoal- coal-coke; blast furnace; mining industry; steel; steam engine.

To ban; to boost; to spin; to weave; to lead.

Within; due to. 

 Answer these questions:

a) What did the British government do about cotton fabric in the 18th century?

b) What were the main inventions in spinning? What were their advantages?

c) What were the main inventions in weaving? What were their advantages?

d) What was iron needed for?

e) What fuel was used in iron industry before the 18th century?

f) Which invention allowed to manufacture steel? When did it happen?

g) What were the reasons of the increase in the demand of coal during the Industrial Revolution?

h) Name at least four uses of the steam engine.