Industrial Revolution Timeline

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney revolutionized the cotton industry. This lead to a cotton boom. It also increased the demand for slavery in the South.
  • Textile Mills Machine

    Textile Mills Machine
    Samuel Slater brought over the textile mill machine from England and started the the mill industry.
  • Interchangable Parts

    Interchangable Parts
    Eli Whitney made machines easier to assemble and repair. Also made industry more profitable.
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
    Robert Fulton"s steamboat allowed goods to be moved more easily. Also increased trade and profit.
  • Locomotive (In America)

    Locomotive (In America)
    Peter Cooper created the steamboat. His invention helped increase the speed of transportation and travel. Also led to an enconomic boom. Plus it increased westward expansion.
  • Harvesting Machine Reaper

    Harvesting Machine Reaper
    Cyrus McCormick's invention helped increase wheat production because it could be cut quickly and effectively. Also was the beggings of advertising market.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Samual F. B. Morse's invention made cmmunications easier
  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow
    John Deere's invention made farming easier.
  • Improved Sewwing Machine

    Improved Sewwing Machine
    Isaac Singer made clothing production more effecient.