Industrial revolution

Industrial Revolution Innovations

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  • First productive steam engine

    First productive steam engine

    Invented by Thomas Newcomen
  • The Flying Shuttle

    The Flying Shuttle

    Invented by John Kay
  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny

    Invented by James Hargreaves
  • The Water Frame

    The Water Frame

    Invented by Richard Arkwright
  • Revision of The Steam Engine

    Revision of The Steam Engine

    Done by James Watt
  • The Spinning Mule

    The Spinning Mule

    Invented by Samuel Crompton
  • The Wealth of Nations

    The Wealth of Nations

    Published by Adam Smith
  • James Watt adapts his steam engine from a reciprocal to a rotary motion

    James Watt adapts his steam engine from a reciprocal to a rotary motion

  • The Power Loom

    The Power Loom

    Invented by Edmund Cartwright. Replaced the flying shuttle.
  • New iron refining techniques

    New iron refining techniques

    Invented by Henry Cort
  • Cartwright changes his huge factories over from water power to steam engines

    Cartwright changes his huge factories over from water power to steam engines

  • Illegal to unionize

    Illegal to unionize

    Combination Acts make it illegal in England for workers to unionize in order to bargain for higher pay or better working conditions
  • The Cornish “puffer” steam powered locomotive

    The Cornish “puffer” steam powered locomotive

    Richard Trevithick drives the Cornish “puffer” steam powered locomotive down the street of Camborne, England
  • Luddite Rebellion begins

    Luddite Rebellion begins

  • Illegal to destroy industrial machines

    Illegal to destroy industrial machines

    Parliament makes it illegal to destroy industrial machines. Punishment: penalty of death
  • A steam engine locomotive that runs on rails

    A steam engine locomotive that runs on rails

    Patented by George Stephenson
  • Railway from Liverpool to Manchester

    Railway from Liverpool to Manchester

    Stephenson commissions to construct a 30-mile railway from Liverpool to Manchester
  • Stephenson’s Rocket

    Stephenson’s Rocket

    Stephenson’s Rocket wins the speed contest on the new Liverpool to Manchester railroad
  • Investigation of child labor in factories

    Investigation of child labor in factories

    Sadler Committee investigates child labor in factories and issues report to Parliament
  • 106,000 power looms operating in Great Britain

    106,000 power looms operating in Great Britain

  • The General Board of Health

    The General Board of Health

    British government sets up the General Board of Health to investigate sanitary conditions, setting up local boards to ensure safe water in cities
  • The Communist Manifesto

    The Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto
  • 6,031 miles of railroad track in Great Britain

    6,031 miles of railroad track in Great Britain

  • The Cholera epidemic

    The Cholera epidemic

    10,000 people die in three months in London from Cholera epidemic
  • The Education Act

    The Education Act

    Education Act made school compulsory for children up to age 10
  • Ships in Great Britain

    Ships in Great Britain

    90% of all ships in the world are built in Great Britain
  • 35,00 miles of railroad track in Great Britain

    35,00 miles of railroad track in Great Britain

  • Minimum work age raised

    Minimum work age raised

    Factory Act raised the minimum work age to 12 years old
  • 236 million tons of coal mined in Great Britain

    236 million tons of coal mined in Great Britain

  • Education Act

    Education Act

    Education Act made school compulsory for children up to age 14

  • Compulsory education for citizens through age 18

    English government mandates and funds compulsory education for all citizens through age 18