THE ORIGINS OF INDUSTRIALISATION By lluisa_g06 1730 Rotherham plough 1733 Kay's flying shuttle 1764 Spinning machine spinning jenny 1769 Watt's steam engine 1776 Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations http://www.investopedia.com/updates/adam-smith-wealth-of-nations/ 1780 Threshing machine 1785 Cartwright's power loom 1807 First commercial steam boat Period: 1811 to 1817 Luddism The Luddites were a group of English textile workers who destroyed weaving machinery as a form of protest. 1824 Mechanical reaper 1825 First trade unions 1829 Stephenson's steam locomotive 1834 Grand National Consolidated Trade Union 1855 Bessemer converter steel manufacturing 1864 First international
