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Thomas Newcomen invents the first productive steam engine.
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James Kay invents the simple weaving machine called the Flying Shuttle
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James Hargreaves invents a device called the Spinning Jenny. This allows workers to produce multiple spools of thread at one time.
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Invented by Samuel Crompton, combines spinning and weaving into one machine.
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Invented by Edmund Cartwright, replaces the flying shuttle
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Invented by Eli Whitney and largely increases the production of cotton
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The first cotton mill in America opened in Beverly, Massachusets. Is powered by horses
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Opened by Samuel Slater in Rhode Island. First American factory to successfully produce cotton yarn using water-powered machines
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Makes it legal in Great Britan for workers to unionize in order to bargain for higher pay or better working conditions.
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The world's first steam-powered locomotive is test-driven by Richard Trevithick on the streets of Camborne, England.
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Invented by Oliver Evans and used vapor instead of liquid to cool. Evans never builds it.
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The United States cut off imports from Great Britan. This forces Americans to increase the number of goods they manufacture.
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Begins in Great Britan, attacks factories and smashed machines in protest against the industry
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George Stephenson patents his steam engine locomotive that runs on rails.
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The Beverly Cotton Manufactory burns down
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The Liverpool and Manchester railway is open to the public.
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The Sadler Committee investigates child labor in child labor and issues a report to Parliament
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The Factory Act takes charge in Great Britan and provides regulations on child labor in factories.
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Friedrich Engles releases his book in observation of the negative effects of industrialization.
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This process of making steel is invented by Henry Bessemer and allows for mass production of steel.
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The Transcontinental Railroad is completed in the United States
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Raises the minimum work age to 12 years old.
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Wright Brothers make first successful airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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Ford begins the production of the Model T Automobile
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Prohibits Child Labor but states never ratified it
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Passed by Congress and established a minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping, and child labor standards in federal, state, and local governments.