INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TIMELINE

By DLJ99

  • Water Frame

    1. Created by Samuel Slater
    2. Started Mill Industry

  • Cotton Gin

    1. Created by Eli Whitney
    2. Revolutionized cotton industry(made it more efficient)
    3. Led to cotton boom
    4. Increased demand for slavery in the South

  • Interchangeable Parts

    1. Created by Eli Whitney
    2. Made Machines easier to repair and assemble
    3. Made industry more profitable

  • Steamboat

    1. Created by Robert Fulton
    2. Allowed goods to be moved more easily.
    3. Increased trade and profit.

  • Locomotive (in America)

    1. Created by Peter Cooper
    2. Increased speed of transportation and travel (goods and people).
    3. Led to an economic boom.
    4. Increased westward expansion.

  • Harvesting Machine Reaper

    1. Created by Cyrus McCormick
    2. Increased wheat production because it could cut quickly and effectively.
    3. Beginnings of advertising market.

  • Telegraph

    1. Created by Samuel F. B. Morse
    2. Made communication easier
    3. Used series of dots and dashes called "Morse Code"

  • Steel Plow

    1. Created by John Deere
    2. Made farming easier

  • Sewing Machine

    1. Created by Isaac Singer
    2. Made clothing production easier