The lead up to the Industrial Revolution

  • Jan 1, 1349

    Improvement in medicine

    After the Black Death which killed between 75 and 200 million people ,doctors started to work out how the human body worked by examining dead bodies. They also improved the ways of fixing people.
  • Mar 20, 1373

    Improvement of river locks

    The river lock is a device that raises and lowers the water level to get on different stretches of water.
  • Mar 20, 1440

    Pinting Press

    The Printing Press is a machine that had ink that printed words. It helped write books and newspapers faster.
  • Mar 20, 1450

    Specticals

    They were a big help to many people who were half blind.
  • Mar 13, 1492

    Improvement of ships

    Ships hulls became more sturdy and streamlined. So they could travel to other places that were further away like America, Australia and India.
  • Mar 20, 1500

    Canals

    Leonardo Da Vinci came up with the idea of the canal. A canal is a water way like a river which helped ships go to other towns.
  • Mar 20, 1517

    Protestant Reformation

    People were allowed to worship any religion or no religion even.
  • Mar 20, 1550

    Hospitals and Doctors

    There were only three hospitals in England in 1550. And out of 200,000 people, 500 people were licenced doctors.
  • Potatoes

    When the English made it to South America, they found a plant which grew a vegetable on it. It grew all year round so they started growing it in England. Suddenly noone was starving because they could grow potatoes all year round.
  • Blood Circulation

    William Harvey discovered how blood circulates by examaning dead bodies.
  • End of English Civil War

    The Civil War in England was waged for almost ten years. When it fininished the king and queen had no power. As a result of this people started to make more money and get betteer education and houses.
  • Great London Fire

    It was a terrifying fire that lasted from the 2nd of September to the 5th of September.
  • Steam Power

    In the 1700's steam was found to be a useful suurce of power.
  • The Plow

    It made it alot easier to farm crops and helped industry. People could farm much faster.
  • Start of Industrial Revolution in England

    Many things were invented around this time to help speed up production in factories etc.