The document summarizes key aspects of the Industrial Revolution from 1700-1850. It describes how new machines like the spinning jenny automated textile production in factories, angering home workers. Protesters known as Luddites smashed machines, led by Ned Ludd. British inventors significantly advanced steam power, with James Watt inventing the steam engine in 1782 and George Stephenson designing the first steam train, The Rocket, in 1829. Coal mining expanded rapidly to fuel steam power, though the work was dangerous and many died or were injured in the deep mines.