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Jethro Tull
-Invented the seed drill
-allowed farmers to sow seeds in well spaced rows at specific depths -
First Reliable Steam Engine
James Watt -
Adam Smith
-wrote the book " The Wealth of Nations"
-Smith believed economis liberty guaranteed ecoomic progress -
Capitalism
-economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit "The Wealth of Nations" is written by Adam Smith -
Utilitarianism
-Jeremy Bentham believed the government should try to promote the greatest good for the greatest amount of people -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney -
Francis Cabot Lowell
-him and 4 other investers revolutionized the American textile industry.
-mechanized every stage in the manufacturing of cloth -
Socialism
-Factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
-Charles Fourier -
Abolition of Slavery
-William Wilberforce was a member of parliment that led the fight for the abolition and the end of slave trade and slavery in the British empire. -
Factory Act of 1833
-law that made it illegal to hire children under the age of 9 years old. -
Morse Code
Samuel F. B. Morse -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe -
Elizabeth Gaskell
-wrote "Mary Barton" gave a realistic description of the slums of urban life at the time -
Karl Marx
-Published "The Communist Manifesto" -
Communism
-Karl Marx described communism as a form of socialism in which the means of prodution all land, mines, factories, and businesses would be owned by the people -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell -
Incandescant Light Bulb
Thomas Edison -
Womens Rights
-Women activists around the world joined to found the International Council for Women -
Jane Addams
-Set up settlement homes called Hull House theses establishments served the poorest people of the slums -
The U,S
-The U.S gained many new inventions ans new ideas for working and social ideas during the industrial revolution
