10 fACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  • THOMAS NEWCOME, STEAM ENGINE

    THOMAS NEWCOME, STEAM ENGINE
    Created a steam engine for the purpose of drawing water from a tin mine.
  • SEVEN YEARS WAR

    SEVEN YEARS WAR
    It was a series of international conflicts between France against Great Britain. The British won.
  • JAMES HARGREAVES/ SPINNNG JENNy

    JAMES HARGREAVES/ SPINNNG JENNy
    This was a very important invention because it meant that eight threads could be spun at a time, rather than a single thread using a spinning wheel
  • JAMES WATT/ THE WATT STEAM ENGINE DESING

    JAMES WATT/ THE WATT STEAM ENGINE DESING
    He invented the watt steam engine desing.
  • JAMES DARBY/ METALLURGICAL OVER

    JAMES DARBY/ METALLURGICAL OVER
    He developed a method of producing high-quality iron in a blast furnace fueled by coke instead of coal, which was a great advance in the production of iron as a basic material for industry.
  • BOSTON TEA PARTY

    BOSTON TEA PARTY
    The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
  • FIST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

    FIST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
  • BATTLE OF CONCORD AN LEXINGTON

    BATTLE OF CONCORD AN LEXINGTON
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America.
  • SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

    SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
    The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution War.
  • USA DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

    USA DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
    Is a document drawn up by the second Continental Congress that said the Thirteen Colonies had defined themselves as thirteen new sovereign and independent States and no longer recognized British rule.
  • GEORGE WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE

    GEORGE WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE
    It was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian forces.
  • SARATOGA BATTLE

    SARATOGA BATTLE
    La batalla de Saratoga fue uno de los enfrentamientos bélicos más importantes librados durante el transcurso de la guerra de Independencia de Estados Unidos.
  • FRENCH TEATRY OF ALLIANCE

    FRENCH TEATRY OF ALLIANCE
    It formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America
  • SAMUEL CROMPTON

    SAMUEL CROMPTON
    He invented the spinning mule, which permitted large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread and yarn.
  • BRITISH SURRENDERED IN YORKTOWN

    BRITISH SURRENDERED IN YORKTOWN
    He pitted the separatists and their French allies against the British under Lord Cornwallis.
  • EDMUND CRATWRIGHT/ MECHANICAL LOOM

    EDMUND CRATWRIGHT/ MECHANICAL LOOM
    He created the first mechanical loom.
  • HENRY CORT/ FORNIEST

    HENRY CORT/ FORNIEST
    He invented forniest
  • ELI WHITNEY/ THE COTTON GIN

    ELI WHITNEY/ THE COTTON GIN
    He created the cotton gin, a device for processing highland cottone.
  • NICOLAS APPERT/ CAN

    NICOLAS APPERT/ CAN
    He created a conservation procedure as simple as effective. It consisted of placing the food in a hermetically sealed glass jar and boiling it for a certain period.
  • RICHARD TREVITNICK/ STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

    RICHARD TREVITNICK/ STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
    He developed the first working steam locomotive.
  • R. FULTON/ STEAMBOAT

    R. FULTON/ STEAMBOAT
    He developed the first steamboat, which became a commercial success, and for pioneering the development of the first
  • LUDDITE REBELLION IN GREAT BRITAIN

    LUDDITE REBELLION IN GREAT BRITAIN
    Luddism was a movement led by English artisans in the 19th century, who protested between 1811 and 1816 against new machines that destroyed jobs.
  • GEORGE STEPHENSON/ RAILWAY LINE

    GEORGE STEPHENSON/ RAILWAY LINE
    He created the first railway line with passenger transport that used steam locomotives.
  • MICHAEL FARADAY/ ELECTRIC GENERATOR

    MICHAEL FARADAY/ ELECTRIC GENERATOR
    Faraday, created the first electric generator suitable for industrial use, called "dynamo", was created.
  • JOHN DEERE/ STEEL PLOW

    JOHN DEERE/ STEEL PLOW
    He built his first steel plow, although whether or not Deere was the first to invent the steel plow is a matter of controversy
  • SAMUEL MORSE/ TELEGRAPHY SISTEM

    SAMUEL MORSE/ TELEGRAPHY SISTEM
    He invented and installed a telegraphy sistem
  • ANTONIO MEUCCI/ TELEPHONE

    He was the creator of the telephone
  • HENRY BESSEMER/AIR-BASED IRON SECARBONIZATION SYSTEM

    Henry Bessemer revolutionized steel production thanks to an air-based iron decarbonization system.
  • FIRST SUBWAY OF THE WORLD IN LONDON

    FIRST SUBWAY OF THE WORLD IN LONDON
    First subway of the world in London
  • CHARLES TELLIER

    CHARLES TELLIER
    invented the first industrial refrigerating machine
  • Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone that had been invented by Antonio Meucci

    Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone that had been invented by Antonio Meucci
    They created the telephone
  • THOMAS ALBA EDISON/ PHONOGRAPH

    THOMAS ALBA EDISON/ PHONOGRAPH
    He created the phonograph. It was the first invention capable of recording and reproducing sound through cardboard cylinders and later wax.
  • KARL BENZ/ Car

    KARL BENZ/ Car
    He created the Car
  • WRIGHT BROTHERS/ AIRPLANE

    WRIGHT BROTHERS/ AIRPLANE
    The Wright Brothers invented the airplane, in the US patent office.