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Flying Shuttle
John Kay invents the Flying Shuttle for faster weaving. -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny for easier threading. -
Water Frame
Richard Arkright invents the Water Frame for stronger yarn -
Spinning Mule
Samuel crompten invents spinning mule with ideas from Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame. -
"The Wealth of Nations"
Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations" -
Capitalism
an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
Adam Smith -
Utilitarianism
Ethics concept in which the happiness of the greatest number of people in the society is considered the greatest good.
Jeremy Bentham -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin for picking cotton -
Steamboats
Robert Fulton creates the first successful steamboat. -
Industrial Women
Women had not been able to work a "mans" job up until the industrial revolution. They began to work in the same factories as men, working the same jobs, and recieving the same pay. They often worked machines that they had to teach men how to use. -
Abolition Of Slavery
Parliament passed the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833. The passing of this bill gave every slave in the British empire their freedom. This greatly decreased the earnings of plantation owners because what they earned depended on how many slaves they owned. -
Queen Victoria
Queen of Great Britain -
Prince Albert
Husband of Queen Victoria -
Marxism and "The Communist Manifesto"
Karl Marx invents the idea of marxism and also writes the pamphlet "The Communist Manifesto." -
Communism
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Karl Marx -
Socialism
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
Charles Fourier and Saint Simon -
The US
While the industrial revolution was goiong on in England, Americans were facing the Civil war. This was a war fought between the Northern and Southern States. Slavery was illegal in the north but not in the south. Many slaves escaped to the north to gain their freedom. -
Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister -
Redistribution Act
The 1867 Reform Act had granted the vote to working class males in the towns but not in the counties. William Gladstone and most members of the Liberal Party argued that people living in towns and in rural areas should have equal rights. Lord Salisbury, leader of the Conservative Party, opposed any increase in the number of people who could vote in parliamentary elections. Salisbury's critics claimed that he feared that this reform would reduce the power of the Tories in rural constituencies -
Rudolf Diesel
Invented the diesel engine
