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Slavery in USA
During this time period, Slavery was allowed by the government in the USA, People with large companies and factories would purchase slaves to work for them and do their labour. This final stopped when Abraham Lincoln tried to outlaw slavery, in doing so the American Civil War started. However in the end Abraham Lincoln was able to stop slavery for good. -
The invention of the Steam Engine
The Steam Engine was developed over a period of time about a hundred years ago, by three British inventors. The first crude steam powered machine was built by Thomas Savery, of England, in 1698. Savery built his machine to help pump water out of coal mines. Over time the Steam Engine was improved more and more by different inventors until they had produced what they thought to be the most efficient Steam Engine possible. -
Invention of the Seed Drill
Jethro Tull was the inventor of some machinery with the purpose of carrying out his system of drill husbandy. His first invention was a drill-plough to sow wheat and turnip seed in drills, three rows at a time. -
Invention of Flying Shuttle
The Flying Shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving (Textiles). It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms. It was invented by John Kay -
Agricultural Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution in the 18th century paved the way for the Industrial Revolution in Britain. New farming techniques and improved livestock breeding led to amplified food production. This allowed a spike in population and increased health. -
Start of the Industrial Revolution
1760 was the year that started the Industrial revolution, The Industrial Revolution was a big step in our Industrial history as it was a time where machines were developed to speed up processes that would take longer if done by man. We still use inventions created in the Industrial revolution today, such as the clock, time-table, and Factories. -
Invention of the Spinnining Jenny
The spinning Jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame. It was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England. The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. This grew to 120 as technology advanced -
Invention of the Power mill
The watermill and/or The Power mill is a mill that uses moving water as its power source. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. -
Cook's Discovery of the "Terra Nullis"
In Captain Cook's journal he recorded his landing at Botany Bay on the afternoon of Sunday 29 April 1770. In civil time that was the afternoon of 28 April and that is the time inscribed on the Captain Cook monument at Kurnell. -
Establishment of first European Factory
Richard Arkwright is the person credited with being the brains behind the growth of factories. After he patented his spinning frame in 1769, he created the first true factory at Cramford, near Derby. Arkwright began building in 1771 and created the worlds first water powered cotton spinning mill. A vital step into full scale factory production. -
Declaration of American Independance
The Declaration of Independence, 1776. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. FREEDOM! -
Invention of Power loom
The power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically operated version of a regular loom, an invention that combined threads to make cloth. -
Arrival of First Fleet to Botany Bay
The First fleet, (Consisting of 11 ships) arrived in Botany Bay, (now know as sydney harbour) on the 16th of january 1788. The 11 ships were known as: The Alexander, The Borrowdale, The Charlotte, Fishburn, Friendship, Golden Grove, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales, Scarborough, HMS Sirius, and the HMS Supply. These ships consisted of; Convicts, SOldiers, Farming Supplies, Animals, Tools, and Building Materials. -
Settlement in Sydney
A few days after arrival at Botany Bay the fleet moved to the more suitable Port Jackson where a settlement was established at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788 -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented in the United States in 1793 by Eli Whitney.The Cotton Gin is machine used for separating cotton from its seeds. This invention was very helpful for the textiles industry as it was able to speed up the process of sperating cotton from its seed immensely. -
Interchangeable Parts.
Interchangeable parts (Invented by Eli Whitney) are components that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical so that they will fit into any object/machine of the same model. One such part can freely replace another. -
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Luddites revolution
The Luddites were 19th-century English textile artisans who protested against newly developed labour-replacing machinery from 1811 to 1817. The stocking frames, spinning frames and power looms introduced during the Industrial Revolution threatened to replace the artisans with less-skilled, low-wage labourers, leaving them without work. -
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Great Potatoe Famine
The Great Potatoe Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine because about two-fifths of the population was solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons. During the famine approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%. -
Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia formed one nation. They kept the systems of government (and the bicameral legislatures) that they had developed as separate colonies, but they also agreed to have a federal government that was responsible for matters concerning the whole nation. When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1 Janu