| A | B |
|---|
| Factory Act of 1833 | limited children under 13 to work eight hours a day, six days a week |
| Mines Act of 1842 | Prohibited employment of children under 10 & women from working in mines |
| Ten Hour Law of 1847 | Reduced working hours to ten hours a day |
| James Hargreaves | Spinning Jenny (1764) spins a number of threads at one time |
| James Watt | Improvement of the steam engine (1765) which advanced the Industrial Revolution |
| Richard Arkwright | Spinning water frame (1769) Used waterpower for spinning thread |
| Samuel Crompton | Spinning Mule (1779) Combined spinning jenny and water frame |
| Edmund Cartwright | Power loom (1785) Used waterpower for weaving |
| Eli Whitney | Cotton gin (1793) Removed seeds from cotton |
