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The steam engine was a very important invention, as it was the energy source for lots of machines and vehicles. The steam engine was an inspiration for the combustion engine, making it a very important invention, it also replaced wind and water power and became a dominant source of power in the 19th century.
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The spinning jenny was an early multiple spinning machine for spinning cotton or wool. It was a very important factor during the industrialization of the textile industry as it resulted in quicker clothing production. -
Richard Arkwright was the brain behind the modern factory system. His workers would work 12 hours and it had low pay. Surprisingly, the factory had incredible success and his model was replicated throughout England. It was very effective because once all the factories copied its structure, the economy was blooming as the workers got more productive -
Samuel Slater had a lot of knowledge about cotton manufacturing as he was an apprentice to Jedidiah Strutt. He later heard of the money the Americans were to offer for trade secrets only the British knew about. He eventually migrated to America and he would replicate British designs and bring success to the Americans. This was very important to the success of the Americans as without Slater's ideas and inventions, America would be stuck in the past. -
The National Assembly was a French Parliament. It was the name of the revolutionary assembly formed by the third estate. It represented the third estate and it demanded the King make economic reforms to make sure that the people had food to eat. It was very important to society because the National Assembly gave people food and hope and without it, I doubt there would be a revolution.
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A dramatic act of defiance by the representatives of the third estate. They got locked out of their usual meeting room, which led them to believe the king wanted them to disband, so they moved to a nearby tennis court. They made an oath to never separate until a written constitution has been established for France. This was very important because this led to the creation of the National Assembly and it gave the third estate representatives. -
Bastille, a fortress that was used to hold prisoners in the 17th & 18th centuries, was stormed by an armed mob of Parisians. Although the prison only held seven inmates at the time of the storming, the revolutionaries saw this as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. This was very important because it gave people ideas to start a revolution and see how corrupt the system was. This was one of the seeds planted that would later grow into the revolution.
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It was a period where there were a series of massacres and tons of public executions. They took place in response to the anticlerical sentiment and the massive accusations of treason given out by the Committee of Public Safety.
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It was a French government established after the Coup of 18-19 Brumaire. The Constitution of the Year VIII created an executive consisting of three people, but Napoleon Bonaparte seized all the power while the other 2 were just puppets. Then, he abolished the consulate when he declared himself emperor later on. This was very important as it later led to the rise of Hitler. -
The Bessemer process was a cost-efficient industrial process for the large-scale production of steel from iron. It was created so that the British could have cheap steel. It benefitted as it allowed steel to become the dominant metal in construction. The tons of steel allowed the creation of buildings and bridges, and it stimulated the US economy. This was very important because without the Bessemer Process being invented, steel would be still very expensive and there would be fewer buildings.
