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Socialism
Alex de Tockqueville -
Utilarianism
Jeremy Bentham -
The Flying Shuttle
The flying shuttle was built by John Kay -
The Spinning Jenny
Built by James Hargreaves and his named his invention after his daughter -
The Water Frame
Richard Arkwright was the creator -
First Reliable Steam Engine
James Watts was the inventor -
Capitalism
Adam Smith believed in a free economy, or free markets in his book "Wealth of Nations" written in 1776. Malthus and Ricardo also believed in Capitalism. -
The Spinning Mule
Invented by Samuel Crompton he combined the Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame. -
Moses Brown
Opened the first factory in the U.S. in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. -
Samuel Slater
Emigrated to the U.S. he built the spinning machine from memory because England didn't want America to Industrialize. Britain wanted to be on top. -
The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created the cotton gin -
William Cockerill
Smuggled secret plans for spinning machinery into Belgium. His son then built a huge industrial enterprise in east Belgium. The company produced machinery,steam engines, and railway locomotives. -
Communism
Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engles -
Women
In Britain some women served as safety inspectors where other women worked. -
Francis Cabot Lowell
Francis and four other investors revolutionizied the American textile industry. -
Abolition of Slavery
Britain abolishes slavery -
Factory Act Child Labor
This act said a child 13-18 wasn't allowed to work beyond 12 hours and a child that was 9-13 wasn't allowed to work beyond 9 hours. The act also states that from 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. children are prohibited to be employed. -
Elizabeth Gaskell
Wrote her novel titled "Mary Barton" was a work of fiction. But it realistically described the dank cellar where one family lived in a Manchester slum. Which was a startlingly accurate portrayal of urban life during that time. -
U.S.
After the Civil War ended America experienced a technological boom. Inventions like the telephone and the lightbulb were created. Also cities like Chicago and Minneapolis expanded rapidly. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone
