industrial revolution

By Aubrey Nagengast
  • 525 BCE

    fall of Egypt

    Egypt was struck with a string of bad luck, starting from the lack of natural resources, to the surrounding territories and their animosity towards Egypt.
  • 1299

    the Ottoman empire

    the Ottoman empire was a large influence in Rome.
  • 1542

    Japan's first contact with the west

    in hopes of creating a trade network with Japan, many countries such as the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the Spanish.
  • 1543

    Japanese introduction to gunpowder

    the Japanese would use swords and katanas by the submarine, so they were very opposed to gunpowder at first, but changed their minds soon after seeing what it could do.

  • cotton industry

    the cotton industry was the point in time that all of the great nations were harvesting and processing a great amount of cotton, it was very popular.

  • the Industrial working class

    the term working class in the Industrial period started after the people realized that they could use children for laborers so they didn't have to pay full wages.

  • US Industrial Revolution

    the start of the Industrial revolution in the US brought about the light bulb, and cars, and airplanes, and water power.

  • railroads

    railroads were invented in England, by the steam locomotive.

  • the trade union

    the trade union was formed so that the working class could receive the treatment that they deserved.

  • German revolution

    Germany decided they needed to find a way to modernize their economy as to strengthen their trade.

  • socialism

    socialism is the term for referring to the practice of the government controlling some aspects of production and distribution.

  • French revolution

    the French decided they needed to perform liberal reforms.

  • the communist manifesto

    the communist manifesto was written just before the birth of socialism by Karl Marx.

  • Meiji take over Japan

    a fight for political power led one group known as the Meiji to take control of the power in Japan, and started industrialization.

  • Japanese industrial revolution

    soon after meeting other countries, the Japanese realized that if they wanted to defend themselves they too would need to industrialize and modernize.

  • the telephone

    during the Industrial revolution the telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell.

  • the light bulb

    during the Industrial revolution the lightbulb was created by Thomas Edison.

  • high quality steel

    during the Industrial revolution high quality steel was made by Henry Bessemer.

  • the first car

    during the Industrial revolution the first car was made by Henry Ford.

  • industrial capitalism

    people started to find loop holes in the system for their own profit in businesses.