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Improved Steam Engine
Rebuilt by James Watt to be more efficent than earlier models. -
Capitalism
Invented by Adam Smith, within his book 'The Wealth of Nations.' -
Moses Brown
Following the travel of Samuel Slater to the US Moses Brown opened the first US factory to hold his machines. -
The Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney to speed the process of removing seeds from cotton. -
William Cockerill
Traveled to Belgium with secret plans for building spinning michinery. -
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill led the Utilitaranism Movement in the early 1800s. -
The Improved Railroad Locomotive
Redesigned by Richard Trevithick to hull tons from place to place. -
Muhammad Ali
Revolutionized Egypt, trying to industralize it. -
Steam Boat
A steam engine attatched to a boat by the idea of Robert Fulton. -
Francis Babot Lowell
The Textile Industroy was revolutionized by Lowell with the manufacture of cloth in Waltham, Massachusetts. -
William Wilberforce
Fought for the abolition of slavery and finally saw the reap of his crop in 1833. -
Factory Act of 1833
Children, in Britain, under the age of 9 could not work, and children from the ages of 9-12 could only work eight hours. -
The Telegraph
Invented by Samuel F. B. Morse to communicate through electrical signals. -
Elizabeth Gaskell
Wrote "Mary Barton" as a work of fiction, yet it still described the events of the horrible living conditions of living in Manchester. -
Communism
In 1848 Karl Marx published his 'Communist Manifesto.' -
Socialism
Alexis De Tocqueville warned with his speech spreading the idea of socialism. -
Horace Mann
Desired free public education for children. -
US Abolition of Slavery
After the end of the Civil war, the abolition of Slavery in the United States came. -
The Telephone
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell. -
International Council for Women
Women activists around the world joined to found the International council for Women.
