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The Seed Drill
Invented by Jethro Tull -
The Flying Shuttle
Invented by John Kay -
The Spinning Jenny
Invented by James Hargreaves -
The Water Frame
Invented by Richard Arkwright -
Entrepreneur
Matthew Boulton invested time and money in James Watt -
Capitalism
Ideas of capitalism were published by Adam Smith in his book "The Wealth of Nations" -
The Spinning Mule
Invented by Samuel Crompton -
Utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher, modifyed the ideas of Adam Smith and came up with the idea that people should judge ideas, institutions, and actions based on their usefulness. -
The Power Loom
Invented by Edmund Cartwright -
Spinning Machines in the U.S.
Samuel Slater built a spinning machine from memory in the United States -
Industry begins in Belgium
William Cockerill came to Belgium with secret plans for spinning machines -
Improvement of Roads
British roads were improved by the efforts of a Scottish engineer named John McAdam -
Socialism
French reformers named Charles Fourier and Saint-Simon believed the factors of production should be owned by the people and opperate for the welfare of all -
American Textile Revolution
Francis Cabot Lowell (and 4 other investors) mechanized every stage of the production of cloth -
Abolition of Slavery
William Wilberforce, along with other powerful people in Parliament fought to abolish slavery in the English empire and gained its full abolishment in 1833 but abolishment began in 1807 -
Factory Act of 1833
An Act passed by Parliament in 1833 that made it illegal for factories to hire children under the age of 9 -
Portrayal of Life
Elizabeth Gaskell wrote "Mary Barton", a fictional story about realistic conditions in Manchester slums -
Communism
In their pamphlet "The Communist Manifesto" Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels described a type of complete socialism with no government, no private property, and the factors of production belonged to everyone. -
Women at the Time
Women begin to form unions in the trades they dominated, like textile mills -
Expansion in the U.S.
The Industrial Revolution led to an expansion of railroads in the United States. The number of miles of railroad went from 2,818 to 208,152 in 50 years
