INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The Industrial Revolution brought new developments in agriculture, mass manufacture and transport. Developments in technology, utilising steam and water power, coupled with new technology from England helped to boost production from Scotland’s textile trade, particularly in wool and linen cloth production.

The Spinning Jenny,
invented by James Hargreaves

Developments in the textile industry - low quality (modem)

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Samuel Crompton Crompton invented the spinning mule, which allowed large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread and yarn.	James Watt Watt was one of the pioneers of the steam engine, which revolutionised the mechanics of factories and mines.

ROBERT BURNS
Scotland's most famous poet Robert Burns, had much to say on the Industrial Revolution and the effect it had on a working man's dignity and the natural enviroment.

A Man's a Man for a' That by Robert Burns

A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis,duke, and a' that,
but an honest man's aboon his might,
Gude faith he mauna fa' that!
For a' that, and a' that
Their dignities, and a' that
The Pitch of Sense, and pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that.

To A Mouse by Robert Burns

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To A Mouse - Words

Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee,
Wi' murd'ring pattle

I'm truly sorry man's dominion,
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle At me,
thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal

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