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James Watt
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wrote the Wealth of Nations; started capitalism
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industrialization in the United States began in the textile industry; Britain forbid engineers, mechanics, and toolmakes to leave the country to try and keep them one up
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Eli Whitney
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economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit; Thomas Malthus; David Ricardo; Adam Smith
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Jeremy Bentham; the greatest good for the greatest number of people
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British writer; her novels sympathized for the working class; helped force recognition of working conditions
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Helped to imporve road conditions; made them more efficient to drive on in bad weather
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the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all; Charles Fourier; Saint-Simon
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member of the British Parliament; fought for the abolishment of slavery in Britain
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Karl Marx; an economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people
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William Wilberfocre led the abolishment of slavery in Britain; Britain was the first nation to end slavery
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made it illegal to hire children under the age of 9; children from 9-12 couldn't work more than 8 hours a day; 13-17 couldn't work more than 12 hours a day
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Samuel F. B. Morse
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Elias Howe
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The Comminist Manifesto; introduced the world to a radical type of socialism
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factory work allowed for higher wages then what women were custom too; women led reform movements to abolish slavery
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woman activist; set up the Hull House
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Rudolf Diesel
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Orville and Wilbur Wright
