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Industrial Revolution
The First Industrial Revolution begins around 1760 in the textile industry in Great Britain. Over the next decade, manufacturing will move from hand production in the home to machine production in factories. -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny allowing a worker to produce multiple spools of thread at the same time -
Spinning Mule
The spinning mule is invented by Samuel Crompton -
Spread to USA
The Industrial Revolution spreads to the United States when Samuel Slater opens the first textile mill in Rhode Island -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin greatly increasing the productivity of processing cotton -
Vaccine
First large-scale smallpox vaccinations -
Battery
Invention of the battery -
Locomotive
First practical steam locomotive -
Steam Boat
Robert Fulton starts the first successful steamboat operation with his boat the Clermont -
Light
First electric light -
Stethoscope
Invention of the stethoscope -
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley publishes "Frankenstein" -
Trade Unions
Trade unions are legalized in Great Britain -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is completed opening a water route from the Great Lakes to New York City and the Atlantic Ocean -
Telegraph
The telegraph is invented by Samuel Morse. This changes the way people can communicate from long distances -
Rubber
Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanized rubber -
Sewing Machine
The sewing machine is invented by Elias Howe -
Bessemer Process
The Bessemer Process for making steel is invented by Henry Bessemer. This allowed for the mass production of inexpensive steel. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad is completed -
Second Revolution
Around this time the Second Industrial Revolution begins. This phase of the Industrial Revolution is characterized by rapid expansion of new technologies such as the telephone, railroads, and electrical power.
