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  1. Transport Revolution
    1. Turnpike Trusts
      1. Invested in better roads
        1. It didn't work!
          1. No means of carrying heavy stuff.
      2. Roadbuilders {cool people}
        1. John Loudon McAdam
          1. Thomas Telford
          2. Canal Builders
            1. James Brindley
              1. Francis Egerton, Bridgewater
              2. Advantage of canals
                1. Carried heavy stuff
                2. Disadvantage of canals
                  1. Slooooow
                  2. 5 reasons why railways rock
                    1. More jobs
                      1. Holidays!
                        1. All classes can travel
                          1. Better living conditions
                            1. Faster {VROOM}
                            2. Transporation
                              1. Materials-Factories
                                1. Factories-Markets
                            3. Industrial Revolution
                              1. Domestic System
                                1. Why factories rock
                                  1. Larger workforce
                                    1. Cheaper
                                      1. Machines got bigger
                                        1. Quicker
                                        2. Why people put up with it
                                          1. Fear of losing job
                                            1. No TU
                                              1. No other income
                                                1. No vote
                                                2. The bad stuff
                                                  1. The living and working conditions
                                                    1. Child labour
                                                3. Railways
                                                  1. George Stephenson
                                                    1. 1st engine
                                                      1. Bulcher
                                                      2. The line he 1st recommended
                                                        1. Stockton-Darlington
                                                        2. Prize-1829
                                                          1. Rainhill Trial
                                                            1. Rocket
                                                          2. Robert Stephenson
                                                            1. London-Birmingham
                                                            2. I.K Brunel
                                                              1. London-Bristol
                                                              2. Railway Act 1844
                                                                1. 1d/mile must stop all stations
                                                                  1. Importance
                                                                    1. Working class could travel
                                                                  2. 1846 Standard Gauge Act
                                                                    1. National Network
                                                                      1. All trains same size
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