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The Industrial Revolution
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Invention of the steam engine
The first steam engine was patented at 1698 by Thomas Savery, but it wasn't very effective. Thomas Newcomen improved it in 1712 but it wasn't until James Watt improved on the design in 1775 that it became a truly viable piece of machine that helped start the Industrial Revolution. Steam engines use energy from steam and it was a clean source of energy. They were used to run locomotives and steamships. -
American Revolutionary War
In 1775-1783, the colonies of the Americas fought for independence against British rule. The cause of the war was because of Great Britains recent wars, they've lost a lot of money and wants the colonies to pay the debts. The coloies were upset because they were having to pay taxes with no representaton in Parliament. So in protest colonists took over British ships with imported tea and dumped them into the sea. This act started the war. It ended when the US and Britain signed a peace treaty -
Luddite's attack against machines
Luddites were skilled artisans from Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire who made attacks on machinery in fear that it will take their jobs. Their first attack begins in Nottinghamshire in November 1811 and continued on until January 1813, when the Luddite's current leaders were captured by authorities and hanged. -
Invention of the telegraph
In 1837, Samuel Morse developed a telegraph system using a code of long and short pulses of electric current that represented different letters. The code later became known as Morse code. How it works was that the operator pressed a switch to send a signal as an electric current.The electric current then goes along a wire to the receiving telegraph. -
The Eureka Stockade
The Eureka Stockade started in 1854, where goldfield workers (known as diggers) in Australia opposed the government miners' licences. The licences were an easy way to tax the diggers. More than that, officials were very corrupt, with things such as unfair cases or police brutality. So under the leadership of Peter Lalor, the diggers march into the diggings to build and defend the famous stockade in protest. The next morning, troops attacked to the stockade. The battle lasted only 30 minutes. -
Invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish doctor, was working on a new type of telegraph when he spilt something on his clothes. He called for his assistant, who was able to hear him through the wire. Then Alexander got the idea to invent the telephone. Like the telegraph, it uses electricity flowing through wires, but instead of codes it sends sounds. This invention quickly took over the telegraph. -
Invention of the lightbulb
One of Thomas Edison's greatest challeges was the invention of the lighbulb. He didn't actually invent it, he just improved it. Many inventors at the time tried to create a capable lightbulb for home use, since the existing arc lamps were too big and bright for homes, but they all failed, until Edison was able to create a reliable, long-lasting source of light using lower current electricity, a small carbonized filament, and an improved vacuum inside the globe. -
Invention of the machine gun
The Maxim gun was the first recoil-operated machine gun, invented by the American-born British inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1884. This marks the start of the mechaniztion of warfare. Although there were other guns such as the Gatling gun, they weren't considered true machine guns since they needed a crank to fire it. -
Wright Brothers make the first successful flight
In 1899, Wilbur Wright was giev a letter from the Smithsonian Institution to give information about flight experiments. so, The Wright Brothers went on to design their first aircraft.Over the years the brothers have designed and tested numerous aircraft (mostly gliders) until they ahve found the one that can sustain flight. Finally, in 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they've made the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. -
The first and last voyage of the Titanic
The Titanic, a ship en route to New York with over 2000 passengers, sunk on the night of April 14, 1912 when it crahed into an iceberg. The majority of the passengers were people looking for a new life in the USA. The reason why it was that big of a deal was because so many people had faith in it, thinking it was unsinkable (or so the media at the time claimed), it was the biggest and most luxurious ship at the time and it was on its first voyage. This tragedy was the worst in its time -
Invention of the assembly line
In 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His work reduced the time to build a car from 12 hours to 2 and a half hours. Inspired by the flow production methods of flour mills or breweries, he used the method to make hundreds of his Model-T cars. Over time he improves its design, and by 1924, the 10-millionth Model T rolled off the Highland Park assembly line. -
Outbreak of World War 1
In 1918, WW1 (or the Great War at its time) broke out due to the differences of many nations, but the main reason was because of the Austrian Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. The war lasted up to 4 years, with 2 sides. The Allies (France, Great Britain and Russia) against the Axis (Germany and Austria-Hungary). Overall 30 countries were involved. At the end of the war, the Axis lost.
