Katie's Industrial revolution

By Katie O
  • Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain

    Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain

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    Industrial Revolution

  • James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny

    James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny

  • Richard Arkwright invents the water frame

    Richard Arkwright invents the water frame

  • Samuel Crompton invents  the spinning mule

    Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule

  • James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery

    James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery

  • Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron

    Henry Cort invents puddling to produce wrought iron

  • Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom

    Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom

  • First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay

    First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay

  • First textile factory built in the USA

    First textile factory built in the USA

  • George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive

    George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive

  • Gas street lighting common in Britain

    Gas street lighting common in Britain

  • Brunel's steamship The Great Western crosses the Atlantic

    Brunel's steamship The Great Western crosses the Atlantic

  • Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message

    Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message

  • US warships visit Japan

    US warships visit Japan

  • Bessemer process enables mass production of steel

    Bessemer process enables mass production of steel

  • Suez Canal opens

    Suez Canal opens

  • Unification accelerates industrialisation of Germany

    Unification accelerates industrialisation of Germany

  • Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia

    Overland Telegraph connects Australia to Asia

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

  • Eiffel Tower completed in France

    Eiffel Tower completed in France

  • Wright Brothers invent modern flight

    Wright Brothers invent modern flight

  • Trans-Siberian Railway accelertes Russian industrialisation

    Trans-Siberian Railway accelertes Russian industrialisation

  • Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford

    Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford