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Invented by John Kay
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Invented by James Hargreaves
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He figured out how to make the steam engine run faster and more efficiently while burning less coal.
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Adam Smith writes The Wealth of Nations, in which he defends the idea of a free economy.
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Invented the cotton gin which multiplyed the amount of cotton that could be cleaned.
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Thomas Malthus, the founder of capitalism, wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population in which he argued that the population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply.
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He was a carpenter from Britain, who carried secret plans for building spinning machinery to Belgium
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Britain blockaded the United States to prevent them from participating in international trade
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He and four others revolutionized the textile industry when they mechanized every step in the manufacture of cloth.
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In 1821 he began working on the world's first railroad
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He founded a community in New Harmony, Indiana which was intended to be a utopia.
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Invented by Cyrus McCormick
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Helped abolish slavery in Britian
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This law made it illegal to hire children under the age of 9 and limited the work day of children from 9-12 to 8 hours.
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Invented by Samuel F. B. Morse
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Karl Marx, the founder of Communism, and Friedrich Engels published the Communist Manifesto in 1848. This book caused many revolts and uprisings.
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Invented by I.M. Singer
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By 1875, British trade unions had the right to strike and picket peacefully.
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Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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Delegated and observers from 27 countries attended the council
