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Bicycles
The first bicycle was invented about 1791 .The first bicycles were mainly used for fun. Comte de Siva invented the bicycle in France . People could get around faster and not have to use horses . It was like a scooter with wooden wheels and you pushed it with your feet. Bicycles were revolutionary at the time because they took the place of horses. They are still evolving today, and are being used in sports and exercise. -
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The Maiden Voyage of the Steamboat Clermont
The Clermont came averaged at about 5 miles per hour while going 150 up the Hudson River to Albany, New York. The Clermont was the first profitable venture in steam navigation. It was revolutionary because it was the first steamboat ever invented. It was a new and different way of travel. -
The Telegraph and Morse Code
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. This was revolutionary because it was a way to communicate with people over long distances. Before the telegraph and morse code communication was much harder. -
The Lehigh Canal
The Lehigh Canal was a navigable canal, beginning at the mouth Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River. It was built in two sections over span of 20 years. In Easton, the canal met the Delaware and Morris canals, which goods can be brought up the east coast. The Lehigh Canal was used tot transport good. This was revolutionary because these goods could be sent a lot faster. It was also much cheaper to transport them. -
Trains
Trains are forms of transportation consisting of a series of connected cars that runs along a railroad track to transport cargo or passengers. They first came to the U.S. on February 28th, 1827 on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Trains are revolutionary due to their speed and efficiency. They get you to your destination quick, and are typically inexpensive. -
First Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay. -
The Wright Brothers Flyer
The Wright Flyer was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft. It was designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903, near Kill Devil Hills. This was revolutionary because it was the initiative for flight. Flight has evolved over the past 100 years. Planes are able to fly extremely long distances, and can carry thousands and thousands of pounds. -
Television
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. -
The Opening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
When the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened for business on October 1, 1940, it was just 160 miles long stretching from Carlisle to Irwin. It included two-lane tunnels at Laurel Hill, Allegheny, Ray's Hill, Sideling Hill, Tuscarora, Kittatinny and Blue Mountain. -
The Internet
The Internet (portmanteau of interconnected network) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite to link devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet is revolutionary because it basically started a new generation. The word completely changed. -
Amazon.com
Amazon is known for its disruption of well-established industries through technological innovation and mass scale. It is the world's largest e-commerce marketplace. Amazon is the second largest technology company by revenue. Amazon is revolutionary because people can just order items at home, and then it will show up on their doorstep a few days later. People do not even go to stores in person, which has not been good for them. -
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service launched as FaceMash in July 2003, but later changing to TheFacebook on February 4, 2004. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. -
Myspace
Myspace is an American social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world from 2005 to 2008. Myspace could be considered the initiative for social media networking. Myspace was revolutionary because it was the biggest social media website for 3 years. It was a defining time for the internet, and a great introduction to social media networking -
The iPhone
The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. All generations of the iPhone use Apple's iOS mobile operating system software. The first-generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, and multiple new hardware iterations with new iOS releases have been released since. Messaging on non-smartphones took twice as long. You had to hit a button three times to get the letter c. With smartphones, you have the whole alphabet on your keypad.
