A Time of Technological Advancement

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Period: Feb 16, 1730 to Feb 16, 1910

John Kay invents the Flying Shuttle

Feb 16, 1733

made weaving quicker and more efficient

James Watt invents the first steam engine

Mar 16, 1775

Adam Smith coins "capitalism"

Apr 16, 1776

Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule

May 16, 1779

Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

Jun 16, 1794

Jeremy Bentham coins "utilitarianism"

Jul 16, 1808

U.S. declares war on Great Britain

Jun 18, 1812

became known as War of 1812

Factory Bill banns hiring of children under 9

Nov 16, 1819

Charles Fourier coins "Socialism" in France

Sep 16, 1829

Slavery abolished in Great Britain

Jun 11, 1833

SAmuel F. B. Morse invents language of communication for telegraph

Feb 19, 1836

the name "Industrial Revolution" is coined by Arnold Toynbee, a frenchman

May 23, 1837

Elias Howe invents the first sewing machine

Apr 22, 1844

Karl Marx and his "Communist Manifesto" coin communism

Apr 1, 1848

Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone

Jan 19, 1876

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

Feb 16, 1877

Jane Addams founds the Hull House in Chicago

Feb 7, 1889

Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first functioning airplane

May 18, 1903

The Womens' Social and Political Union was formed

Mar 19, 1905

Henry Ford invents the first car; the Model T Ford

Nov 18, 1908