Industrial Revolution Timeline

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    Spinning Jenny (Weaving) by James Hargreaves

    It allowed workers to spin more wool at one time greatly increasing productivity.
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    Steam Engine by James Watt

    It allowed people to travel over far distances and carry important goods to different places over far distances.
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    Power Loom by Edmund Cartwright

    It dramatically changed the way cloth was woven by making it much easier.
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    Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney

    It made it easier to get the cotton seeds separate from the cotton fibers
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    Telegraph by Samuel F.B. Morse

    It was used for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances.
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    Sewing Machine by Elias Howe

    It was to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread so they didn’t have to buy clothes for their families.
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    Internal Combustion Engine by Jean Lenoir

    It was used for mass transportation trucks to carry things that needs to go to a certain place.
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    Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell

    It was to communicate over far distances without traveling anywhere to communicate with someone.
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    Phonograph by Thomas Edison

    It was aloud the people to listen to music anywhere.
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    Airplane by the Wright Brothers (Brother Orville & Wilbur Wright)

    It was used to fly over far distance in the air and for warfare.