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History Milestones
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Bike
The bike was invented so that people wouldn’t have to use horses to get around cause all the horses died after a volcanoes was erupted. This was revolutionary because this would make going to stores a lot faster back then instead of walking there. The bike was invented Pierre Lallement, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Pierre Michaux, John Kemp Starley, Marius Oliver -
Trains
The train was invented as a way for people to get places without having to pay a bunch of money and also this was revolutionary would beat horse and buggy's in travel time and also The steam engine is the icon of the industrial revolution and it invented by Richard Trevithick -
The maiden voyage of the Steamboat Clermont
It was first ever vessel to demonstrate the viability of using steam populsion for commercial transportation . This was revolutionary because this help traveling go a lot faster because say you could horse and buggy that would take so much longer but the steam boat cut down the time it would take there. -
The Lehigh Canal
It was a navigable canal that boats, Which goods could be brought further up the east coast/ it was away to get transport a variety of goods.This was revolutionary because this made economic get a giant boost because the transporting of supply a lot faster created by Canvass White and Josiah White -
The telegraph and Morse code
This revolutionized long distances communications but it worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations and this was important to help better communication. This was revolutionary when only way of getting long messages were mail but when telegraph came along it wasn't seconds but it alot faster then mail The people who invented morse code was Samuel Morse, who also invented the telegraph. -
The Transcontinental Railroad
Why this was so important was it help boost economic, cultural and the political significance to the development of the United States and also it was a very great way for transportation. This is the revolutionary because trying to horse and buggy from pa to California you had a risk of dying but the railroad cut down the risk The group that created the railroad was one company named Central Pacific and the other Union Pacific. -
Cars
The biggest change was the cars this gave them a way to get around quickly. Suddenly, people had a new mode of transportation that could get them more places, Then there was more leisure travel. Also this was revolutionary this would make traveling faster then horse and buggy. The inventor Karl Benz -
The Wright Brothers flyer
This was the first successful heavier air powered aircraft by the Wright brothers and why this was so revolutionary because this would make traveling a lifesaver when soon a later this plane would become jets and would cut down time in the travel because trains were faster then horse and buggy but the planes will be faster so the wright brothers will help overtime with traveling for the economy -
Television
Inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth he wanted to find a way to capture moving images and why this was important was it was a big role in building society it was source of information and communication, So why this was so revolutionary because this would boost the economy by giving people some more entertain instead of just newspaper and theaters.Also this would change people what they thought what the war was like the Vietnam war when they saw what was actually happening -
Computers
The computer is one of the biggest technological advancements invented because it allows you to display and let you manipulate safe information, and it is used in almost all fields. The inventor Charles Babbage -
Pennsylvania turnpike
It was first time ever that there was a four-lane highway the entire 506 mile length of the turnpike and why this was important this boost a giant public transportation. This was so revolutionary because this would make traveling faster in pa because say if there was only back roads or very bad roads so the turnpikes help out because you can just jump on the turnpike and drive were you had to go -
The Laptop
Adam Osborne the person who invented the first ever laptop. The laptop was so revolutionary because you could take a computer everywhere so Adam Osborne made the laptop so you can take it anywhere and it had everything on the computer but the laptop were just able to be compatible and you can take home and to work. -
The World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee who invented the web and why this was important was it connected the world and it made it a lot easier to get information, share and communicate. This was so revolutionary because this made people a lot closer and help out the world when you can get something done on the computer and not worry about writing something and send it, instead you can write something and send it to someone gmail or email. -
Amazon
Invented by Jeff Bezos, Amazon was the largest Internet based retailer in the world by total sales and market capitalization and why this was so revolutionary it made shopping a lot easier on the web so you didn't have to look all over the web to find something instead you could go amazon and order the thing you need but the problem is what happen to some stores that didn't put there store online it mess then up leading them to bankruptcy. -
Myspace
Tom Anderson, Chris Dewolfe and Jon Hart founded Myspace, Myspace was the largest social networking in the world and it had a significant influence on pop cultural. So this was relvontary because "They link social networking and self-representation, and the prominent place of popular culture in identity formation and social interaction." link:https://www.wethenet.eu/2008/08/myspace-a-revolutionary-link-between-the-people-and-the-cultural-industries-22/ -
The Iphone
Steve Job the inventor of the iPhone created the iPhone because when he created the laptop he want to make then a lot smaller and "to have them in their homes or offices". This was revolutionary because this made life easier you can compact everything into phone so you have everything on your phone, Comparing to old phones the only thing they did was calls and text now. Now the iphones you can watch TV, listen to music, and more
