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A period of time in which important inventions were created, inventions which made work easier and cheaper. As these inventions created new manufacturing and industry, people also moved from farms to cities. This period of time was a very rapid change in the world.
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The Spinning Jenny; a machine that spins more than one ball of yarn or thread. Speeding up the process of making cloth. This greatly impacted the textile industry move from homes to factories.
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The Water Frame is a water-powered spinning frame, which is a faster and easier way to create cotton thread. The machine is able to spin 128 threads at a time.
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Watt's Steam Engine, an improvement from the Newcomen Steam Engine made in 1712. One of the most impactful machines in the Industrial Revolution, the steam engine powers the first trains, steamboats and factories.
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A public or private road, that can only be accessed through a fee. Turnpikes were invented for easier transportation.
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A Steamboat; a boat that is powered mostly by steam. The invention of the steamboat made transportation of goods more efficient and economical.
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A machine that makes the process of harvesting cotton much easier and faster. This invention greatly helps the southern states make more money from cotton crops.
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The telegraph, a machine that allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire. This revolutionised long-distance communication.
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Invented at a time clothes were made by hand, Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, now clothes can be made in large factories.
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Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Making steel more cheaply and quickly helps the production of building and leads to the growth of cities.
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Dynamite is a safer and quicker way to blast holes in mountains or the ground. Formally, people used lighting black powder. Dynamite is significant in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks.
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Louis Pasteur, a chemist, believes that germs caused disease. He created a vaccine that prevents many common diseases, this caused people to live longer.
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Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone, but he was the first to get a patent for it. Being able to talk over a telephone greatly impacts the way the world communicates.
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Thomas Edison created a light bulb that lasts longer than most light bulbs at the time. He showed this off by lighting a lamp. This invention allowed people to do things at night, such as work, that used to happen during the day.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the first plane that is not powered by wind. Orville flies the plane for 12 seconds over a beach in North Carolina.
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Henry invents a car named Model T; it's much cheaper then other cars since it was invented on an assembly line, this allows many more people to purchase cars. The Model T positively impacted transportation.
