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Abraham Darby's Experimentation
Abraham Darby experimented by using coal instead of charcoal to smelt iron. The enduring impact of this event is that his ideas lead to the production of cheaper and better quality iron. Eventually, this iron was used to build railroads. -
Edward Jenner created the vaccine for smallpox
Edward Jenner born in England in 1749 discovered the first vaccine for smallpox. He found that milkmaids who had been infected with cowpox an six weeks later exposed him to smallpox. The eight year old boy did not show any symptoms. Which led it to being used regularly. -
Key improvements made by James Watt
James Watt, a Scottish engineer, made improvements on the steam engine to make it more effective. The steam engine was originally developed by Thomas Newcomen. The enduring impact of this event is that the improve steam engine was later on used with locomotives and steamships. -
Eli Whitney creates the college gin
Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts America and inventor of the cotton gin. His invention revolutionized the cotton industry if allowed cotton to be collected with hundreds less people -
The first photo
In the summer of 1827 Joseph Nepce took the first ever photographic image. Prior to this event people only used the camera for viewing and drawing a certain area not making photographs. -
The factory act passed in England
The factory act, which was child labor reform laws, were passed in the early 1800s to reduce child’s workdays to 12 hours an to remove children from cotton mills. The enduring impact of this event is that in the mid 1800s more laws were passed to limit the workdays of women an to ensure child workers get a education. -
The land enclosure movement
By the 1700s, the British parliament facilitated enclosures through legislative to create larger fields. The enduring impact of this event is that it lead to the migration of people to the city in search of jobs who eventually tended to the machines of the industrial revolution. -
The writings of Karl Marx and Engels
Karl Marx, a German philosopher, and Frederich Engels A German socialist wrote a pamphlet called “The communist manifesto” In the pamphlet they explain the prediction that there was a struggle between social classes and they also had a theory that economics was the main power source in history the enduring impact of this event is that their ideas where except it all over the world even in places like Asia.