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Abraham Darby's Experimentation
Abraham Darby burned coal on 1709 to see if it was able to divide iron from it's ore. The enduring impact of this event is that it created cheaper and better iron, to build the steam engines. Higher quality iron also became more widespread. -
Key Improvements made by James Watt
James Watt improved the steam engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen. This improvement greatly impacted the Industrial Revolution. The enduring impact of this event is that the steam engine opened the path to using machines, powering locomotives and also steamships. -
The Land Enclosure Movement
To divide fields and farms, instead of having spread out strips. In order to have an enclosed space you must put up a fence or bush. -
The Factory Acts Passed in England
The purpose of these laws were to shorten the hours of work the children had to do and to take out the kids under the age of nine from the cotton mills. The enduring impact of this event is children were able to leave the workforce if needed and had to be educated before anything. -
The Writings of Karl Marx and Engels
Karl Marx And Friedrich created a pamphlet called The Communist Manifesto, foreshadowing that down the line Europe would become a communist community. Saying that there was fight between social classes and it would lead to the future he predicted. The enduring impact of this event is that the ideology of Marxism gained the support of many, and eventually would lead to the Russian Revolution and the communist government.
