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Industrial Revolution
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exchange in london
exchange was established in London in the 1770s; the New York Stock -
exchange
Exchange was founded in the early 1790s. In 1776, Scottish social -
Adam smith
philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790), who is regarded as the founder of modern economics, published “The Wealth of Nations”. -
Cooke and Wheatstone
Two Brits, William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone, patented the first commercial electrical -
Cooke and Wheatstone
Two Brits, William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone, patented the first commercial electrical -
wheatstone system
railways were a Cooke-Wheatstone system -
Britains textile
In the early 1860s, an estimated one-fifth of the workers in Britain’s textile industry were younger than 15. -
Telegraph
a telegraph cable was successfully laid across the Atlantic. A stock -
1900
19th century, as the government instituted various labor reforms and workers gained the right to form trade unions. -
mid century
mid-19th century, industrialization was well-established throughout the western part of Europe and America’s -
Industrial nation
By the early 20th century, the U.S. had become the world’s leading industrial nation.