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Steam Engine
Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who in.
patented the first crude steam engine, based on Denis Papin's Digester or pressure cooker of 1679. -
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Industrial revolution
The Industrial Revolution started in the last part of the 18th century.
It began in Great Britain.
Some of the biggest improvements were in steam power. New fuels such as
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Electricity
Electricity was discovered when Benjamin Franklin proved that lightening is electricity. -
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Willaim wilberforce
William Wilberforce was an English politician, he was also a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade.
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us declaration of independance
the person of the us declaration of independance was thomas jefferson. -
sydeney founded- end of convict system
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Cotton gin
A cotton gin is a machine that separates cotton fibers easily from their seeds.
Eli Whitney was an American inventor that envented the cotton gin. -
photography
Alhazen (Ibn Al-Haytham), invented the first pinhole camera, Also the first person that created the most successful photo was nicephore niecpce. -
Factory acts
The Factory Acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to limit the number of hours worked by women and children first in the textile industry.
The British Parliament limited the factory workday for children between 9 and 13 to 8 hours a day and adolescents between 14 and 18 to 12 hours a day. Children under nine were also to be enrolled into elementary schools that factory owners were required to establish. -
The suez canal
The Suez canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt.it allows transportation by water between Europe and Asia without navigation around Africa. -
australia recieves federation
The Federation of Australia was the making by which the six british colonies which were New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation. -
airplane
The Wright brothers invented the Air planes.
Air planes were used to travel from one place to another and still until now, the only thing that changed is the shape and sizes. -
world war 1
world war one started july 28 1914 and ended 11th of november 1918. -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a 48-mile ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
