Inventions brought on drastic social, economic, and political changes during the Industrial Revolution. Machines made life easier.decreased prices on goods, and generally improved living conditions. It created a major shift in how man thought of himself and viewed the world at large. The Industrial Revolution mainly was based upon the cotton industry, so, most of the inventions made during that period were mainly for manufacturing and producing cotton. John Kay, an English weaver met …showed first 75 words of 222 total…

…showed last 75 words of 222 total…the power loom, combined the machine's characteristics and purposes into one machine in 1800. Cleaning cotton was also a tedious and time-consuming job, so in 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which could clean cotton 50 times as fast. Another technology came into play in the 1750's, the steam engine. Now people could be transported to wherever they wanted to go in the fraction of the time. Cities were able to move farther into land and grow.