INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TIMELINE

  • Water Frame

    Water Frame
    Created by: Samuel Slater
    Started mill industry
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Created by: Eli Whitney
    Revolutionized cotton industry
    Led to cotton boom
    Increased demand for slavery in south
  • Interchangeable Parts

    Interchangeable Parts
    Created By: Eli Whitney
    Made machines easier to assemble and repair
    Made industry more profitable
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
    Created by Robert Fulton
    Allowed goods to be moved easily
    increased trade and profits
  • Locomotive (America)

    Locomotive (America)
    By: Peter Cooper
    increased speed of transportation
    led to economic boom
    increased westward expansion
  • Harvesting Machine Reaper

    Harvesting Machine Reaper
    By: Cyrus Mcormick
    Increased wheat production
    Beginnings of advertising market
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    By: Samuel F.B. Morse
    Made communication easier
  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow
    By: John Deere
    Made farming easier
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine
    By: Isaac Singer
    Made clothing production more efficient