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Steam engine invented!
Thomas Savery invents the steam engine. This will power machines and railroad engines. -
The Seed Drill is Invented
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill in 1701. This allowed for even spacing and depth of seeds, causing crop production to rise dramatically. -
Jermey Bentham
Invented Utilitarianism. It's the belief that people and institutions should be judged and applied based on their usefulness. -
The Flying Shuttle is Invented
John Kay invented the flying shuttle in 1733 to allow a weaver to double their output by moving back and forth with yawn in between. -
Utilitarianism
Brought about by Jeremy Bentham. "The greatest good for the greatest amount of people." People and institutions are judged based on their usefulness. John stuart Mill advanced Bentham's ideas. -
James Watt
Improved the steam engine to allow it to be powerful enough to run machines. -
Capitalism
Adam smith was the main founder of this in his book Wealth of Nations. Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo supported his ideas. People invest in business in order to make a profit in their own self interest -
Adam Smith
Inventor of Capitalism. Wrote the Wealth of Nations -
The spinning jenny is invented.
James Hargreaves invention allowed spinners and weavers to do 8 peices of thread at once. Profits skyrocketed. -
Samuel Slater
British engineer that emigrated to the US and brought plans to build a spinning machine. -
The Cotton Gin is Invented.
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, cleaning cotton faster. Cotton production in the US went crazy. South became more dependent on slaves. -
Steam Boat Invented
Robert Fulton invents the steam boat. Boats can now travel fast up rivers! -
Francis Cabot Lowell
Paved the way for large textile industry growth in the US. (Lowell, Mass) -
George Stephenson
Completed the first railroad line! -
Slavery is abolished in B.E.
Parliament ends slavery in the British Empire due to its economic and moral consequences. William Wilberforce was the primary motivater in England. -
Socialism
Charles Fourier and Saint-Simon are two french philosophers that believed the government should control business and the market to make it fair. -
Women's movement begins in the U.S.
With the industrial revolution in full swing, women began rising up to combat unequality at home and the workplace. This will eventually lead to the International Council of Women and many famous activists. Jane Addams, for example, set up settlement houses for the poor. -
Communism
Communism, a form of complete socialism is founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels when they wrote The Communist Manifesto. They believed that Capitalism would crumble and the poor revolt against the rich, resulting in a classless society. -
Public School Reform.
Horace Mann of Massachusetts begins convincing the state and federal governments to provide free schooling for children in order to give them an education. -
Civil War ends in U.S.
After the Southern states in the United states break off and rebell to keep slavery, the war finally ends with the Union being the victor. Slavery effectively ends.
