Fill in: spread, Industrial, powered, invented, twist, engines, conditions,
housing, wages, standard.

1 People built new machines in the
Revolution in the 18th century.
2 The news
very fast.
3 In the 18th century, working
were very hard.
4 James Hargreaves
the spinning
jenny to
thread for making cloth
in 1764.
5 In 1850, many poor English people lived in
terrible overcrowded
6 Workers in 18th-century factories received
very low
7. As work in the factories improved, people
had a better
of living.
8 Steam
needed coal to make
steam. They machines in factories.