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Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
Helped Bring about British Agricultural Revolution. -
James Watt
James Watt, an inventor, built a new and improved steam engine that was faster and burned less fuel. He was funded by Boulton, an entrepreneur. -
John Kay
In 1733, John Kay invented the flying shuttle, an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster. -
Capitalism
Adam Smith, wrote The Wealth of Nations. Thomas Malthus, wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population. -
David Ricardo,
David Ricardo, wrote the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. -
Samuel Crompton
About 1779 Samuel Crompton succeeded in producing a machine which spun yarn suitable for use in the manufacture of muslin, -
Coalmining
Coalmining -
New Harmony
New Harmony represents one of the less successful American utopian experiments. -
1812
War Of 1812 -
Manufacture of cloth
Francis Cabot Lowell, mechanized every stage in manufacturing cloth. -
Industrialism in Egypt
Muhammad Ali industrialized Egypt and reformed Egypt's governement when he took over as leader. -
The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell Mass.
The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell -
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing The Liberator, an antislavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Factory Act of 1833
Parliment passed an act that made it illegal to hire children under the age of 9. -
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
British Abolishes Slavery. -
SAMUEL F.B. MORSE
Created Morse code -
The Beginning of the Public Education System
The Beginning of the Public Education System -
Ten Hours Act of 1847
The Factory Act of 1847 stipulated that as of July 1, 1847, women and children between the ages of 13 and 18 could work only 63 hours per week. -
Communism
Karl Marx created the idea of communism in his 23 page pamphlet called The Communist Manifesto. -
Women's Rights Movement
The Women's Rights Movement marks July 13, 1848 as its beginning. -
American Civil War:
American Civil War: -
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller -
1904
The first successful caterpillar track is made (it later revolutionizes construction vehicles and land warfare). -
Spartacist uprising:
Socialist demonstrations in Berlin, Germany turn into an attempted communist revolution.