The Industrial Revolution By claycampdena 1760 Industrial Revolution begins in Great Britian https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/industrial-revolution 1763 Increase in transportation type- canals/turnpikes 1764 Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves- efficient production 1781 Steam Engine- used as a power source 1793 Spreads to the U.S- textile advancements 1811 Factories attacked by Luddites in Britian- protest 1824 Trade Unions legalized 1825 Canals boom- water routes 1837 John Deere invents steel plow 1853 Sewing machine by Elias Howe- increase in inventors/inventions 1856 Bessemer Process- increase in steel production 1870 Second part of revolution begins 1877 Railroad strike- violence 1886 American Federation of Labor formed 1914 End of revolutions
