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1917 BCE
Communism
Communism was a response to the harsh conditions of industrial capitalism on urban working classes. It proposed a new economic and social vision that it argued would eliminate social inequality. Discontent with capitalist society encouraged the development of new ideologies like communism. -
1908 BCE
Automobile
Automobile manufacturing became one the first industries to use the assembly line. The automobile gave people more personal freedom and access to jobs and services. It led to development of better roads and transportation. Industries and new jobs developed to supply the demand for automobile parts and fuel. -
1874 BCE
Gulglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor and engineer Guglielmo Marconi developed, demonstrated and marketed the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph and in 1901 broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal. -
1863 BCE
Social Democracy
Social Democracy support economic social justice with an income redistribution for all white men and the regulation of the economy. Back then people could still own private property. Overall it combines socialism and capitalism to create a greater and better democracy. -
1850 BCE
Germ Theory
The theory posited that diseases were the product of environmental factors such as contaminated water, foul air, and poor hygienic conditions. Such infections, according to the theory, were not passed between individuals but would affect those within a locale that gave rise to such vapors. -
1848 BCE
Socialism
As a political ideology, socialism arose largely in response to the economic and social consequences of the Industrial Revolution. There is an abundance of literature that attests to the dramatic way in which the industrialization of Europe affected the daily lives of individuals, particularly the working classes. -
1847 BCE
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor and savvy businessman. His contributions to engineering helped bring technology into the electric age. He created and improved many 19th and 20th Century gadgets from the telegraph to electric cars. -
1803 BCE
Interchangeable Parts
Interchangeable parts, popularized in America when Eli Whitney used them to assemble muskets in the first years of the 19th century, allowed relatively unskilled workers to produce large numbers of weapons quickly and at lower cost, and made repair and replacement of parts infinitely easier. -
1800 BCE
Social Darwinism
Done by Charles Darwin it is the application of his natural theory. Which is the most intelligent people and hard workers will grow wealthy and survive, while the uneducated people will remain poor and die. This political philosophy was supported by the wealthy class. -
1800 BCE
Utilitarianism
Developed in response to injustices done to workers in the Industrial Revolution, developed as a theory of ethics on which to base law. The first step is to determine who is affected by any given action. -
1790 BCE
Corporations
Back then Companies could mass produce standardized goods faster and more efficiently. Companies employed thousands of workers in factories often in urban areas. These large companies followed the railroad model and incorporated as public companies which then sold shares of ownership as stock. -
1781 BCE
George Stephenson
George Stephenson developed the 'Rocket', an early locomotive, with his son Robert and pioneered rail transport and the development of the first passenger railways. -
1736 BCE
James Watt
James Watt was an 18th-century inventor and instrument maker. He invented and improved a number of industrial technologies, he is best remembered for his improvements to the steam engine. -
1732 BCE
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright (1732–92), devised a simple but remarkable spinning machine. Replacing the work of human hands, the water frame made it possible to spin cotton yarn more quickly and in greater quantities than ever before. -
Assembly line
The assembly line sped up the manufacturing process dramatically. It allowed factories to churn out products at a remarkable rate, and also managed to reduce labor hours necessary to complete a product.
