The industrial revolution can be seen as one of those eras that brought about a large number of advances, problems and promises. From the multitude of advances that have helped people advance with new successes and acquired achievements, to the situations and standards that have raised issues or created problems, there have been many changes across the board. It is common opinion that the industrial revolution brought many positive aspects. changes in general but more specifically, numerous advances have been recorded in the textile sector. One of the advantages of collaborating with the first textile industry was the opening of some new job opportunities. According to the textbook Prentice Hall World History: Connections to Today, around 1600, cotton fabric was becoming quite popular. At the time it was mainly imported from India, but British traders wanted to stay and stay up to date on this issue, so they designed something called the “expulsion system”. It was here that they distributed the raw cotton to peasant families, paying them to spin it into thread and weave it into cloth. However, the distribution system was slowing down, so people began designing and creating new machinery and other inventions to speed up processes in the textile industry. Some of these new, progress-producing inventions included: John Kay's “flying shuttle,” according to concordiashanghai.org was invented in 1733, which helped weavers weave thread; James Hargreaves' "Spinning Jenny", invented in 1764, could spin many threads at once; and Richard Arkwright's “Water Frame,” developed around 1771, which could conduct the spinning process using water power. This mechanism soon influenced what was available to consumers. Th... middle of paper... Workers, who played an important role in this industry, were exposed to long hours, very dangerous working conditions and sometimes very low wages. There was a positive effect from those horrible conditions, however, because some of the first labor laws were created. These labor laws are commonly used even today. Overall, there is no denying that the textile industry of the Industrial Revolution created significant advances, problems, and promise. Some results were excellent and pleasant, others were not so much. However, in the end, I feel that everything was necessary to get as far and as wealthy as we are in society today. Now all that's left is for you to decide for yourself. Works Cited Ellis, Elisabeth Gaynor., Anthony Esler, and Burton F. Beers. Prentice Hall's History of the World: Connections to Today: The Modern Era. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. Print