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Jethro Tull was an agriculturist who improved the horse-drawn seed drill.
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John Kay invented the flying shuttle and formed a partnership in Colchester to begin fly-shuttle manufacturing.
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James Watt developed the idea of using horsepower.
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Malthus has become widely known for his theories concerning population and its increase or decrease in response to various factors.
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David Ricardo was one of the most influential of the classical economists
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Samuel Crompton was the inventor of the spinning mule
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George Stephenson and his son created a locomotive called The Rocket.
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Samuel B. Morse developed the telegraph
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The population of Manchester passed 100,000.
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Lowell is considered the "Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution" because it was the first largest factory town in America.
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British industrial production increased
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A huge Cholera outbreak occured during 1831- 1832.
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Parliament passed this act that abolished slavery throughout most of the British Empire.
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The Factory Acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to limit the number of hours worked by women and children first in the textile industry, then later in all industries.
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Until the 1840s the education system was highly localized and available only to wealthy people.
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the Ten Hours Act, restricted the working hours of women and children in British factories to effectively 10 hours per day.
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Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution went hand-in-hand with the Western European countries' liberal traditions
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The nation expanded greatly in this year.
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Carnegie Steel, was founded by Scottish immigrant and railroad entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie. John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil of Ohio in 1870.
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Robert Owen later translated his ideas to the United States, attempting to establish a Community of Equality at New Harmony
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Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.
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Corporations began to grow bigger and bigger. Railroads, steel, oil, and many other industries saw huge corporations take over most of the production.
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The Induztrialization Revolution came to an end.
