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  • The Seed Drill

    The Seed Drill
    Invented by Jethro Tull

  • The Flying Shuttle

    The Flying Shuttle
    Invented by John Kay

  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny
    Invented by James Hargreaves

  • The Water Frame

    The Water Frame
    Invented by Richard Arkwright

  • Entrepreneur

    Entrepreneur
    Matthew Boulton invested time and money in James Watt

  • Capitalism

    Capitalism
    Ideas of capitalism were published by Adam Smith in his book "The Wealth of Nations"

  • The Spinning Mule

    The Spinning Mule
    Invented by Samuel Crompton

  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher, modifyed the ideas of Adam Smith and came up with the idea that people should judge ideas, institutions, and actions based on their usefulness.

  • The Power Loom

    The Power Loom
    Invented by Edmund Cartwright

  • Spinning Machines in the U.S.

    Spinning Machines in the U.S.
    Samuel Slater built a spinning machine from memory in the United States

  • Industry begins in Belgium

    Industry begins in Belgium
    William Cockerill came to Belgium with secret plans for spinning machines

  • Improvement of Roads

    Improvement of Roads
    British roads were improved by the efforts of a Scottish engineer named John McAdam

  • Socialism

    Socialism
    French reformers named Charles Fourier and Saint-Simon believed the factors of production should be owned by the people and opperate for the welfare of all

  • American Textile Revolution

    American Textile Revolution
    Francis Cabot Lowell (and 4 other investors) mechanized every stage of the production of cloth

  • Abolition of Slavery

    Abolition of Slavery
    William Wilberforce, along with other powerful people in Parliament fought to abolish slavery in the English empire and gained its full abolishment in 1833 but abolishment began in 1807

  • Factory Act of 1833

    Factory Act of 1833
    An Act passed by Parliament in 1833 that made it illegal for factories to hire children under the age of 9

  • Portrayal of Life

    Portrayal of Life
    Elizabeth Gaskell wrote "Mary Barton", a fictional story about realistic conditions in Manchester slums

  • Communism

    Communism
    In their pamphlet "The Communist Manifesto" Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels described a type of complete socialism with no government, no private property, and the factors of production belonged to everyone.

  • Women at the Time

    Women at the Time
    Women begin to form unions in the trades they dominated, like textile mills

  • Expansion in the U.S.

    Expansion in the U.S.
    The Industrial Revolution led to an expansion of railroads in the United States. The number of miles of railroad went from 2,818 to 208,152 in 50 years