Three Significant People involved with the Industrial Revolution

Richard Arkwright:

Arkwright is significant to the Industrial Revolution because of his invention of another kind of spinning machine called the Water Frame.  It provided an explosion in the infant cotton textile industry.  His improvement on the spinning machine along with the improvements made by Samuel Crompton and Edmund Cartwright led to the creation of the world's first modern factories in the British cotton textile industry.

James Watt:

James Watt is significant to the revolution because of his critical study of Thomas Savery and Thomas Newcomen's steam engines.  He saw that the engine's waste of energy could be reduced by adding a seperate condenser and that improvement to the steam engine greatly increased  its efficiency.  The steam engine was an important factor for trade and transportation.

ThomasMalthus:

Thomas Malthus is significant to the Revolution becuase of the book he wrote, "Essay on the Principle of Population."  This book gave people a different look on society while he argued that population would always tend to grow faster than the food supply.  He felt that men and women had to limit the growth of population and marry later in life.