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Cotton Mills were first to open in England
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule
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Samuel Slater brought the textile machinery designs to the United States
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Eli Whitney came up with the idea of interchangeable parts
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
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George Stephenson invented the steam locomotive
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William & John Cockerill brought the Industrial Revolution to Belgium
by developing machine shops at liege -
Embargo Act of 1807 was signed
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War of 1812 "Mr. Madison's War"; "The Second American Revolution"
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Treaty of Ghent was signed to end the War of 1812
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Industrial Revolution became popular in the US
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England's Liverpool and Manchester Railway became the first to offer regular timetabled passenger services
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Anesthetic was invented
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France had become an industrial power but was behind Britain
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First ever synthetic dye was created by William Perkin