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Industrial revolution
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Jethro Tull
was a english agricultural pioneer and helped spark the british agricultural revolution back in the 18th century. He invented the seed drill. -
John kay
created the flying shuttle in the 18th century this was a big deal since it helped out production time -
James Watt
Was a Scottish inventor. He made improvements on the Newcomen steam engline in the 18th century. He made tremendous improvements on this engline and he is most well know for this engine even though he did not invent it. -
Samuel Crompton
Was a British inventor and invented the spinning mule in the late 18th century. This really helped out production -
1799
Two importan machines were built in this year that are a big part of the industrial revolution. The battery invented by Alessandro Volta and the Fourdriner machine invented by Louis Robert. -
Lowell
Was a town that is a big cradle of the American Industrial Revolution since there were many factories there and it helped Americas Economy alot back in its day. This place was well known for their textile industry -
Malthus
Was a British scholor who popularized the theory of rent back in the 18th to 19th century. This is a big thing in our society today. -
Ricardo
David Ricardo was a guy who came up with ideas of wages and prices for things back in the Industrial age and was a very importan voice. We still use his ides today. -
1812
The war of 1812 spurred the Indusrial revelution for the United States. -
1813
In 1813 the textile Industry was born. This is a well known part of the Industrial Revelution -
New Harmony
New Harmony was a bad American utopian experement that staed A man or women was shaped by his or her enviroment and the inventor of this theory Robert Owen failed big time trying to use this in society. -
1829
In 1829 W.A. Burt invents the type writer and Louis Braille invents Braille. These are 2 huge inventions that we still use . These inventions were a big deal and still are. -
1830
In 1830 Frenchmen Barthelemy Thimmonier invents the sewing machine. This machine we still use today so its a big deal. -
1831
Cyrus Mckormick invents the reaper and Michael Faraday invents a electric dynamo. -
Factory Act of 1833
The factory act of 1833 was set to establish a normal working day. This law also said you could not hire a child under 9 and children 9 to 12 could only work no more than 8 hours. -
Britain abolishes slavery
In 1772 Britain abolished slavery in its country but abolished slavery in 1833 throughout its huge empire -
Samuel Morse
was a american inventer. He helped out alot with the invention of a machine that did what is called morse code. He did this in the 19th century. This helped out alot in wars back in the day -
Ten hours Act of 1847
A law that resticted the hours in a factory to ten instead of fourteen. This really helped working conditions. Men and Women all work the same hours now. -
1848
Some big inventions were invented some are the revolver and the patented dental chair. -
Beggining of movement for womens rights
Elizabeth Stanton and her friends were having tea and started talking about womens rights and she took this conversation to heart and the group she was in created a large scale program for womens rights. This was a big step in the process of womens rights. Delagates and observers from 27 different countires attended the womens council meeting in 1899. -
Standard Oil_ carnagie steel
weree 2 big monopolies to make money back in the indusrial age. These companies sought control of every aspect of their own inustries to make huge profit. -
1865
This is when America became a united country once more and really became a big part in trade all throughout the world. This really increased their population and they abolished slavery in this year too. -
Public school systems
Horace Mann favored free public education for everyone. This idea we all use today. -
1904
Comittee of seventy years created a big statement in 1904 talking about the voting process and other important things. -
1919
This is the year the american Industrial Revolution ended.