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Jethro Tull
In 1701 Jethro Tull created a seed drill, which boosted the amount of crops. -
John Kay
In 1733 John Kay invented the Flying Shuttle which increased the productivity of weaving -
James Watt
In 1765 James Watt created a new way that steam engines could work faster and more efficiently while using less fuel. -
Samuel Crompton
In 1779 Samuel Crompton combined the Spinny Jenny and the Water frame, and he creating the Spinning Mule -
Malthus
In 1798 Thomas Malthus argued that population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply in An Essay on the Principle of Population -
William Cockerill
In 1799 Willaim Cockerill ilegally made his way to Belgium -
Standard Oil- Carnegie Steel
In the late 1800's the Standard oil created by Rockfeller and the Carnegie Steel created by Carnegie sprang up. -
Britain Blockades The U.S
In the War of 1812 Britain Blockaded the United States -
American Textile Industry Revolutionized
In 1813 with the help of 4 inventors Francis Cabot Lowell Revolutionized the American Textile Industry -
Ricardo
In 1817 David Ricardo went farther on Malthus' theory and created a book called Principles of Political Economy and Taxation -
Lowell, Massachusetts
In the late 1820's Lowel, Massachusetts, named after Francis, had become a model city, with a booming economy. -
New Harmony
In 1825 Robert Owen founded a cooperative community in Indiana Called New Harmony -
Stephenson and his Son
In 1829,when the track was laid, Stephenson and his Son created the Rocket, which won the trial. -
Liverpool- Machester Railway
In 1830, the great sucess, the Liverpool- Manchester Railway was opened -
Alexis de Tocqueville
In 1830 Alexis de Tocqueville witenessed the brutal conditions of the U.S prisons -
Factory Act
In 1833 Parliament passed the Factory Act of 1833 to help the factory working conditions. -
Samuel B Morse
In 1837 Samuel B Morse was the first to send electrical signals over a telagraph. -
Ten Hours Act
In 1847 Parliament passed a bill that helped children and mothers, it was the Ten Hour Act, which limited the workday to 10 hours for children and women. -
Communist Manifesto
In 1848 the Communist Manifesto was published and had some results that didn't last long. It was created by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels -
Beginning of the movement for Women's Rights
in 1848 the Movement for Women's Rights began in the United States -
Public School Systems
In the 1850s public school systems had begun -
Civil War
The Civil War in 1865 ended the slavery in the United States -
Britain Abolishes Slavery
In 1888 Britain Abolished Slavery -
National Child Labor Committee
In 1904 a group of people called the National Child Labor Committee was created to try and end child labor -
U.S Supreme Court
In 1919 the United States Supreme Court objected one of the child labor laws.
