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Industrial Revolution

  • Steam engines in factories

    Steam engines in factories

  • Patent law passed

    Patent law passed

  • First mills opened

    First mills opened

  • Telegraph was invented

    Telegraph was invented

  • Henry Bessemer introduced an easier way to create steel with the Bessemer Process

    Henry Bessemer introduced an easier way to create steel with the Bessemer Process

  • Edwin L. Drake struck oil

    Edwin L. Drake struck oil

  • Treansontinental Railroad

    Treansontinental Railroad

  • John Rockerfeller established the Standard Oil Company

    John Rockerfeller established the Standard Oil Company

  • Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone

  • Thomas Edison invents the indandescent light bulb.

    Thomas Edison invents the indandescent light bulb.

  • America passes Sherman Antitrust Act, making monopilies illegal

    America passes Sherman Antitrust Act, making monopilies illegal

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