Chapter 20 By kaylalovesf1 1760 Industrial Revolution begins 1764 Spinning Jenny is invented 1769 Water frame is invented 1792 The Rocket was developed 1799 Combination Acts passed in England 1805 Egypt begins to modernize 1815 Germany and the U.S. begin to industrialize 1818 Strick of Manchester cotton spinners 1824 Combination Acts repealed in England 1830 Industrial Revolution begins to spread to Western Europe Jan 1, 1834 Zollverein erected among most German states 1842 The Mines Act passed in Britain 1845 Fredrich Engels publishes The Condition of the Working Class in England 1847 A Series of Factory Acts were passed in Britain 1850 A Series of Factory Acts were passed in Britain May 1, 1851 Great Exhibition held at Crystal Palace in London 1853 A Series of Factory Acts were passed in Britain 1867 Japan begins to adopt Western technology