| Cause | Effect |
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Increased production: Operations that used to take days could now be done in minutes |
| Factory system replaced domestic system | ? |
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One person could produce as much cloth as 200 hand loom operators |
| Water power varied from season to season and was not always reliable | ? |
| There was an increased need for people to work in the factories | ? |
Invention of the water powered loom
Increased mechanization (use of automatic machinery)
More people worked outside of the home than ever before
People moved from rural to urban areas, the middle class grew
Steam power was developed as a reliable power source