Question

Document 2: A Secondary Source

Answer 1

Answer: Edmund Cartwright invented power loom. It helped to produce textiles at a faster speed than hand-powered looms. As a result of these powered looms, textiles moved from small shops to factories where production was in a larger quantity.

Explanation:

A number of changes was done as a result of several inventions that accounted for Industrial Revolution.

It resulted in a phase in where new manufacturing processes were implemented as a part of new inventions.

Some invention (like flying shuttle) led to faster production of fabric from yarn. To compensate for this, there was an invention of spinning jenny which increased yarn production to keep up with weaving speed. Edmund invention led to faster production of textiles.

This series of inventions increased profit for workers involved in this.

When textile production moved from small shops to factories, it's production increased to a new level. Shifting in factory gave ore space to install newly invented machines.