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First reliable Steam Engine
James Watt -
Adam Smith
wrote the Wealth of Nations; started capitalism -
US
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 -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney -
Capitalism
economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit; Thomas Malthus; David Ricardo; Adam Smith -
Utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham; the greatest good for the greatest number of people -
Elizabeth Gaskell
British writer; her novels sympathized for the working class; helped force recognition of working conditions -
John McAdam
Helped to imporve road conditions; made them more efficient to drive on in bad weather -
Socialism
the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all; Charles Fourier; Saint-Simon -
William Wilberforce
member of the British Parliament; fought for the abolishment of slavery in Britain -
Communism
Karl Marx; an economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people -
Abolition of Slavery
William Wilberfocre led the abolishment of slavery in Britain; Britain was the first nation to end slavery -
Factory Act of 1833
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 -
Telegraph
Samuel F. B. Morse -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe -
Karl Marx
The Comminist Manifesto; introduced the world to a radical type of socialism -
Women
factory work allowed for higher wages then what women were custom too; women led reform movements to abolish slavery -
Jane Addams
woman activist; set up the Hull House -
Diesel Engine
Rudolf Diesel -
First Airplane
Orville and Wilbur Wright
