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Blast Furnace
By Abraham Darby -
Steam engine
By Newcomen -
New roads were built and old roads were repaired
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First Industrial Revolution
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Steam engine
By James Watt -
Steam-powered vehicle
By Cugnot -
Period: to
Numerous canals were constructed
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The Wealth of Nations
By the Scotsman Adam Smith -
Steamboat
By d´Abbans -
Steam-powered looms
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Vaccine against smallpox
By Edward Jenner -
Aproximately 350,000 people worked in cotton spinning and weaving factories factories
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Only 10% of the population lived in cities
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Period: to
Life expectancy at birth in Western Europe increased from 35 years to 50 years
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Period: to
Europe´s population doubled from around 200million inhabitants to just over 400 million
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High pressure steam engine
By Trevithick -
Steamboat with wheels
By Fulton -
The first voyage of the Clermont steamboat
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Steam-powered locomotive
By Stephenson -
The right of assembly was first granted in Great Britain
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The Stockton-Darlington railway
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Regular passenger line
Liverpool-Manchester -
Period: to
France Industrialisation
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The Zollverein
A customs union of several states -
Communist Manifiesto
By Karl Marx -
The steam plough
By Fowler -
Petroleum
The first oil wells were drilled -
Credit Lyonnais
Became one of the largest banks in France -
The first International Workingmen´s Association (IWA)
By labour organisations -
Period: to
Meiji Period
Emperor Meji ended feudalism and brought Japan into the Industrial Age -
Second Industrial Revolution
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The birth rate remained high
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Most emigrants were British and northern European
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The international economy grew rapidly
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Period: to
Many emigrants were Italian, Spanish, Greek and Turkish
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Before German unification, industrialisation was slowed down
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Socialist leaders founded the Socialist International
To coordinate Marxist labour organisations -
Steam ships definitively replaced sailing ships
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The Wright brothers flew the first aeroplane with an engine
