Industrial Revolution 1750-1918

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    Industrial Revolution 1750-1918

    The Industrial Revolution which began in Engliand in the late 1700's to the early 1900's. The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in technology around the world.

  • James Watt upgrades the steam engine

    James Watt uses Thomas Newcomen's steam engine and gives it an upgrade. James made the steam engine work more effectivly. This upgrade meant that machines powered by steam engines could work faster.

  • Samuel Morse invents the telegraph

    Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. The telegraph allowed people to send messages to each other through wires. Once the telegraph wires streched further across the world the telgraph became more effective.

  • The Gold Rush Australia

    The Gold Rush took place across Victoria. The gold rush was a made outburst where lots of foreigners came across to Australia to search for gold.

  • Eureka Stockade

    The Eureka Stockade took place in the goldfields in Ballarat. The Eureka Stockade was a rebellion that the gold miners took against offical troops over rights about the land.

  • Alfred Nobel creates dynamite

    Alfred Nobel invents dynamite. Dynamite was used as a safer way to clear paths or holes to help lay railway tracks. But dynamite is also can be used for mass destruction.

  • Invention of the Modern Typrwriter

    Christopher Scholes invents the first practical and modern typewriter. Modern typewritters had more buttons, one of the buttons that was added was the backspace. This meant people could fix their mistakes.

  • William L. Potts Invents the Traffic Light

    William L. Potts invents the traffic light. The traffic light was made before the car was even invented. William was a police officer and found it hard to control the traffic with his own two hands, so he invented the traffic light to control traffic for him.

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. This was the first electrical device that could transmit speech. Today we still use the telephone but we mainly use mobile phones now.

  • Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge

    After 13 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge opened up in New York. At the time it was the longest suspention bridge in the world.

  • Karl Benz Invents the Car

    In 1886 Karl Benz invents the car. The first cars looked like the back of horse carts with motors on the. The first car was powered by steam.

  • The Titanic Sinks

    The Titanic know as the unsinkable ship, sinks after colliding with an iceberg. This shocked the world as everyone thought that modern technology couldn't fail. Around 1500 people drowned that nght.

  • Henry Ford Creates the Assembly Line

    In 1913 Henry Ford installed the first assembly line. This assembly line helped produce more cars. This invention is still used as an effective way of making cars today.