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A pivotal advancement in the mechanisation of weaving during the initial stages of the Industrial Revolution, and facilitated the weaving of considerably broader fabrics, enabling the production of wider textiles. -
The invention of labor-saving machines dramatically decreased the use of human and animal labor and, at the same time, increased the level of productivity. -
What is called the first Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 and was mostly confined to Britain. The second Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-19th century until the early 20th century and took place in Britain, continental Europe, North America, and Japan.
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FIRST GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CANAL ERA. -
James Hargreaves’s spinning jenny, enabled spinners to produce yarn in greater quantities. -
It was a British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War. -
It was first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice. -
Series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue duties. -
It revolutionized the production of cotton goods and caused the factory system to spread to other areas of production, thereby creating whole new industries. The steam engine secured the triumph of the Industrial Revolution. -
On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
Sir Richard Arkwright created one of the first modern factories, at Cromford (Derbyshire) -
It strengthened a tea tax that was already in place in the American colonies. The act also allowed the British East India Company to have a monopoly (complete control) on the tea trade there. -
The Sons of Liberty protested by throwing tea into the harbor “No taxation without representation”. -
Series of punitive laws passed by the British Parlament in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance. -
In this first battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. -
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Members of the Second Continental Congress will come and sign a document saying that they were independent from Britain because of abuses on these taxes
This document announced the separation of the 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war. -
The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America. -
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ENDING THE WAR OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Based on a 1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. -
The power loom was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed and patented in 1785 by Edmund Cartwright. -
The Estates General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate). It was the last of the Estates General of the Kingdom of France.
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It was formed by the Third Estate (98% of the population) and declared itself the voice of the people.
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The "Parisian" Revolution began in response to food shortages, soaring bread prices, 25% unemployment, and fear of military repression
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The Declaration was a core statement of the values of the French Revolution and had a significant impact on the development of popular conceptions of individual liberty and democracy in Europe and worldwide.
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The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place. Led by the Committee of Public Safety decided to kill 17000 members of Paris and other regions of France. Harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the revolution.
This period will end in 1794, when Robespierre (major conductor of the executions) is executed by the opposition. -
Louis XVI was convicted of treason and executed by the guillotine.
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Napoleon Bonaparte (one of France's most prominent generals) seizes power and becomes first consul.
The event is often viewed as the effective END of the French Revolution. -
In 1804, Richard Trevithick pioneered the first steampowered locomotive on an industrial rail-line in South
Wales. It pulled ten tons of ore and seventy people at five miles per hour. Better locomotives soon followed