Industrial Revolution By Genesis- Apr 3, 1775 Steam engines in factories Apr 10, 1790 Patent law passed Nov 26, 1823 First mills opened Nov 26, 1836 Telegraph was invented Nov 26, 1855 Henry Bessemer introduced an easier way to create steel with the Bessemer Process Aug 27, 1859 Edwin L. Drake struck oil May 10, 1869 Treansontinental Railroad Nov 26, 1870 John Rockerfeller established the Standard Oil Company Nov 26, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone Nov 27, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the indandescent light bulb. Nov 26, 1890 America passes Sherman Antitrust Act, making monopilies illegal
