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SET HER SLAVES FREE
In december Martha Washington who lived in Virginia set all her slaves free,and her attitude about slaves left a big impact in her social group she attended. -
ICEBOX
Thomas Moore invented the Ice box out of necessity. He need to find away to transport his butter farm located in Maryland to Washington DC. The icebox was a ceder box with a tim chamber inside.The exterior of the box was lined with rabbit fur for insulation. Then placed Ice in the tin chamber. -
U.S CAPITAL
Washington DC became the capital of the US -
JAMES BOGARDUS
He was born in the US and grew up to be a inventor, and also built cast-iron buildings. -
ELECTRIC MOTOR
On july 9th Thomas Davenport who later became the inventor of the electric motor was born. -
OKLAHOMA SETTLEMENT
On October 10th, the 1st non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma was made. -
OHIO BECOMES A STATE
Ohio became a state of the United States on March first, 1803 and became the thirteenth star on the flag. -
JOHN GORRIE
On October 3 the inventor of the cold-air process of refrigeration, John Gorrie was born. -
LOUISIANA TERRITORY
United states purchased the Louisiana territory from France costing 15 million for 827,000 square miles. -
FREE THE BLACK MOVEMENT
On January 5th the 1st laws restricting free blacks movement was passed in Ohio. Meaning the African Americans had there rights restricted. -
OKTOBERFEST
Convivial get together to sing and perform folk dancing. They got this idea in October 18th 1810 at a celebration of Crownn Prince Ludwig and Princess Therse von Saxe-Hildurghausens wedding. -
LOUISIANA JOINS THE UNION
Joins the Union becoming the 18th state.The first governor was William Clainorne. -
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
The final battle of the 1812-1814 war between Britain and the United States because Britain attempted to take over New Orleans. -
BATTLE OF WATERLOO
The Allies met in Vienna and made the desition to not accept the Emperors peacefull overtures.Broke up their amalgamation and attacked them before they got to france. -
INDIAN WAR
Took place between1809 and 1815.The warhad resulted in about 1,600 British deaths and 2,260 American deaths -
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Invented by British Captain George William Manby. Made out of copper and held 3 gallons of pearl ash -
ILLINOIS 21ST STATE
Became a state december 3rd 1818. The capital remained Kaskaskia until changed to Vandallia and Springfield. -
IRON PLOW PATENTED
Invented by Jethro Wood in 1819. His 1st plow was not strong enough and kept breaking so he made some improvements so the plow would be stronger overall -
U.S FOOD CANNING
Canning is a method of preserving food and putting it intp a sealed airtight container. On average canned good could set on a shelf for 1-5 years. -
WATER PROOF CLOTHES
Invented by Charles Macintosh. He made water proof clothes because he lived in a rainy environment -
MATCHES
The match was invented by John Walker the match would create fire when drawn acrosss a sandpaper like surface. -
TYPE WRITER
The type write was a machine that made writing easier and revolutionized the field of writing -
250-300 HOURS TO PRODUCE 100 BUSHELS OF WHEAT
Took 250-300 labor hours to produce 100 bushels of wheat in the year of 1830 -
LAWNMOWER
Invented by Edwin Budding England and Patented in 1830. It was made to cut lawns on sport fields and expensive gardens -
Mormon
Joseph Smith published his version of the Book of Mormon. -
SEWING MACHINE
Barthelemy Thimonnier patented the first sewing machine that sews a straight seams using chain stitch. -
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION
Founded by Louis-Philippe of France, It was part of the countrys fihting forces on. -
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
The railroad started around late 1820-1830. It was to a scertet new work to help slaves escape and there were salf houses along the way to help them hide. -
Sophisticated Mechanical Reaper
Robert Hall McCormick inventor of the Mechanical Reaper, it is used to cut small grain crops and could accomplish a 20 hr job into a 1 hours job. -
The Treaty of Constantinople
This treaty resulted in a Conference between France, Britain,Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Agreements were reached and defined the independence of Greece, -
McCORMICK REAPER PATENTED
Cyrus McCormick patented his invention of the McCormick Reaper. -
Texas takes San Antonio
The mexicans got San Antonio taken away from a group of volunteer Texans . Even Though the position was untenable in future. -
Arkansas became the 25th state
Arkansas became the 25th state in the U.S in 1836. It is one of the states formed for the territory purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte in the Louisiana Purchase. -
PRACTICAL THRESHING MACHINE PATENTED
Because of the Threshing machine it made thing more efficent but on the other hand many people lost there job because it took many people to do the job that the Threshing machine replaced. -
FACTORY-MADE AGRICULTURE MACHINERY
Factory-made agriculture machinery increases farmers's need for cash and encourages commercial farming -
PRACTICAL GRAIN DRILL PATENTED
Invented by Jethro Tull. This device was a wheeled like vehicle and had a box filled with grain, The was a wheel driven ratchet that spread the seed out evenly as it was pulled across the field. It was later patented by Moses and Samuel Pennock. -
Second Seminole War Begins
Seccond Seminole War, Florida War begins between the Seminole tribes and American Settlers and continues until 1842. -
GRAIN ELEVATOR
Joseph Dart invented the first grain elevation because they were looking for a more efficient way to unload ships of grain instead of on the backs of men. They also needed a place to store the grain so it would keep longer. -
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER
Sir John Lawes founded the commercial fertilizer by inventing a process for creating superphosphate -
CHARLES GOODYEAR
Inventor of vulcanized rubber for tires. He was born in New Haven Connecticut and raised up to be a self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who created the vulcanized rubber. Which made it so rubber is sticky when hot and hard when cold. -
PRACTICAL MOWING MACHINE PATENTED
Inventor William Ketchum lived in New York Buffalo. He invented the 1st machine intended to cut hay although this was a great invention only a handful of people followed this invention. -
IRRIGATION
Irrigation started in july of 1847 by Utah's pioneers. They needed to find a way to grow crops in the desert like settling so they came up with the system of irrigation. -
MIXED CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY
Along with the gold rush came chemical fertilizer because more and more people kept coming which leads to needing to grow crops in areas that have back soil. -
INCREASE IN FARM PRODUCTION
Expanded market for agriculture products prompts adoption of improvement on technology resulting increases in farm production -
DISHWASHER
Joel Houghton invented the first patented dishwasher in the year of 1850. This was not for washing dishes -
75-90 HOURS TO PRODUCE 100 BUSHELS OF CORN
75-90 labor hours to produce 100 bushels of corn or about 2 -1/2 acres with walking plow, harrow , and hand planter -
MANNED GLIDER
Inventor of the first glider was George Cayley and provided fun entertainment for people and gave you the idea of flight. -
SELF-GOVERNING WINDMILL PERFECTED
Daniel Halladay made improvements on the wind mill. he made it so it would change direction to face the wind, and automatically regulated it speed of operation preventing it from being destroyed in high winds -
TW0-HORSE STRADDLE-ROW CULTIVATOR PATENTED
A machine used to till up soil and could strap two horses in to pull the machine.invented by Jethro Tull. -
MASON JARS
Storage for canned goods invented by John Landish Mason -
MACHINE GUN
Inventor of the Machine Gun was Richard Gatling. It made war shooting easier and faster than other gun in that time era. -
CHANGE FROM HAND POWERED TO HORSES CHARACTERIZES
This was a big breakthrough for agriculture making things more efficient and quicker. -
PATTERN- TRACING LATHE
This shaper was created by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S Ordnance. It could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks. -
DYNAMITE
The inventor of dynamite was Alfred Noble in 1866. It made construction, destruction and war easier with the power of exploding on there side -
STREAM TRACTORS ARE TIRED OUT
It is a vehicle powered by a steam engine used for pulling. It was also designed specifically for agricultural uses it was used to transport crops and other equipment. Invented byJohn Freolic -
SPRING-TOOTH HARROW FOR SEEDBED PREPARATION APPEARS
Some times called the drag harrow. It was had flexibale iron teeth to drag along the soil to losen it before planting. It was set into the ground and then raised up so you could not go backward with it -
SILOS COME INTO USE
This was a major breakthrough in the ag world. Because before the Silo grain would not keep for long due to grain getting wet and molding. With the silo storage units we can keep grain for long periods of time. -
GLIDDEN BARBED WIRE PATENTED
Joseph Glidden is the inventor of the Barbed wire was the only successful with it. He had two writes with a barb between the two and then twisted them together.v -
TELEPHONE
The inventor of the telephone is Alexander Graham Bell. It was not cellular but it did make communication faster and easier. -
MOVING PICTURES
Eadweard Muybrige made entertainment and this invention later led to the invention of television -
REFRIGERATED FREIGHT CAR
The first long haul shipment of a refrigerated freight car was made from California to New York. Invented by Gustavus Swift -
3,000 TWINE BINDERS ON THE MARKET
Machines used for cutting grain and binding it into bundles. Once used the most with wheat. -
HYBRIDIZED CORN PRODUCED
Enhanced the genetics in the corn seed. Making the corn product bigger and leading to a overall higher yield. -
HORSE-DRAWN COMBINE
A machine used to harvest grain crops. It combined reaping,threshing and winnowing into one process. This invention was one of the most labour saving invention. -
COCA COLA
John Pemberton gave people a tasty drink and also paved the way to other future drinks that we enjoy today. -
1,845,900 TONS OF FERTILIZER
Average annual consumption of commercial fertilizer; 1,845,900 tons -
AGRICULTURE BECOMES INCREASINGLY MECHANIZED AND COMMERCIALIZED
This is making it easier to farm more efficient and being able to farm on a larger scale. -
SHORTER HOURS TO PRODUCE 100 BUSHELS OF WHEAT AND CORN
40-50 labor-hours to produce 100 bushels of wheat using a gang plow, seeder harrow,binder,thresher,wagons,and horses. 35-40 hours to produce 100 bushels of corn using 2-bottom and plow,disk and peg-tooth harrow, also 2-row planter -
CREAM SEPARATORS
Dr. De Laval invented the cream separator. I saved a lot of time, rather than separating the cream by hand he invented a a machine to do the work. -
OPEN-GEARED GAS TRACTORS
Big open-geared gas tractors introduced in areas of extensive farming -
FIRST GASOLINE TRACTOR WAS BUILT
John Froelich built the first gasoline tractor. He took a one-cylinder gas engine and put it on a stream tractor. With this improvement it made the tractors smaller and not as heavy. -
3,738,300 TONS OF FERTILIZER
Average annual consumption of commercial fertilizer 3,738,300 tons -
DIVERSIFYING SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE
George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute finds new uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans, helping to diversify southern agriculture -
FIRST BUSINESS OPENED DEVOTED TO MAKING TRACTORS
The first Business dveoted to making and selling tractors was knowns as the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. This company is now owned by John Deere -
6,116,700 TONS OF FERTILIZER
6,116,700 tons of commercial fertilizer is used a year -
ENCLOSED GEARS
Enclosed gears developed for the tractor making the gears less exposed to make a safer ride. -
PRAIRIE-TYPE COMBINE
Small prairie- type combine with auxiliary engine introduced. Because it is smaller it is easier the transport the combine to different locations -
6,845,800 TON OF FERTILIZER
Commercial fertilizer use 6,845,800 tons a year -
MECHANIZED POWERED MACHINES MORE POPULAR
We now have a gasoline tractor, Combine, motors, ect. Because of these inventions it made a huge improvement on the agriculture world. Making it more effeint, being abe to farm on a large scale which leads to higher yields, also making it easier on the man himself.
