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The Land Enclosure Movement
By the 1700's the British Parliament facilitated enclosures through legislation because they wanted to make larger fields that could be cultivated more efficiently. The enduring impact of this event is that is lead to the migration of people to the city in search of jobs who eventually tended to the machines of the Industrial Revolution -
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 make railroads -
Key Improvement 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 is that the improved stem engine was later on used with locomotives and steamships. -
Eli Whitney Creates the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts America and inventor of the cotton gin. His invention revolutionized the cotton industry. It allowed cotton to be collected with a fraction of the people. The enduring impact of this event is that so many different things can be made for a very cheap price. -
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 smallpox, a much less deadly disease, didn't contract smallpox, to test his theory he injected an 8 year old boy with cowpox and 6 weeks later exposed him to smallpox. The 8 year old boy did not show any symptoms of smallpox. The enduring impact of this event is the development of medicine. Without this discovery the world would be in a different place. -
The First Ever Photo
In the summer of 1827 Joseph Niepce took the first ever photographic image. Prior to this event people only used the camera for viewing and drawing a certain are, not making photographs. This enduring impact of this event is the advancement of technology. the phones that we use today would not be here if this invention didn't come first -
The Factory Acts Passed in England
The factory acts which were child labor reforms laws, were passed in the early 1800's to reduce a child's workday to 12 hours and remove children from the cotton mills, who were under the age of 8 or 9. The enduring impact of this event is that in the mid-1800's more laws were passed to limit the workday for women and required that child workers must be educated. -
The Writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx, a German philosopher, and Friedrich Engels, a German socialist, wrote a pamphlet called "The Communist Manifesto." In the pamphlet, they explained their 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 were accepted all over the world in places such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America
