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