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The Land enclosure movement
Rich landowners were enclosing land.Enclosure is the process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers.Many farm workers of went out of work due to the enclosing so they migrated to other cities and towns in search of work. The enduring impact of this resulted in a increasing work force, who later would tend to the machines of the Industrial Revolution. The same machines that over the years people improved and advanced to the same ones we use or still use today. -
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Abraham Darby's experimentation
Darby tred out new methods then used coal instead of charcoal to remove iron from it's core. Darby's experiments directed him to create a special iron, which was less expensive and increased in quality. Darby's invention was used to make parts for the steam engines. Abraham Darby's invention has had a major impact on the world. It has led to the making of of the worlds's first iron bridge which still stands today and also the building of railroads. -
Key improvement made by James Watt
A Scottish engineer James Watt looked at Thomas Newcomen invention; Thomas Newcomen had created the first steam engine; Thomas set out to improve it. In Watt's improved engine he added a separate condenser, an air pump, and a rotary mechanism. Watt's improvements lead to the the operating of machinery and to the powering of locomotives and steamships. James Watt gave us a path to new machines and inventions.His upgrade on the steam engine became a key component towards the Industrial Revolution. -
Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
In the South,raw cotton had to be cleaned of dirt and the seeds had to be removed by hand, in which was inefficient.Eli Whitney created a machine that separated the seeds from raw cotton called the cotton gin. The enduring impact of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was that it increased the output of cotton, making it less time-consuming for workers to pick out the seeds and clean the raw cotton. Cotton gin is still used today by many people. In fact this invention created a path towards the Industrial, -
Locomotives pathway of transformation
Pioneers such as George Stephenson produced steam locomotives to pull carriages along iron rails. Because the railroads didn't have to follow the way of the river, the rail course could go places the river couldn't. The enduring impact of this was that now people who worked as merchants or factory owners were efficiently able to ship goods over land. The steam locomotive triggered a reaction leading to the development of railroads, the same railroads that people travel on today. -
John Stewart Mills Ideas
John Stewart Mill heavily believed in indivudual freedom. He claimed that while middle class and owners were able to increase their own happiness the government shouldn't let them to an extent that would hurt the working class. Mill believed that workers and women could use political power to win reforms. Although Mill's ideas were rejected by many,in the 1800s his ideas were being endured.The impact Mill's ideas had is that even today democratic governments incorporated various ideas from him. -
The Factory Acts passed in England
Factories and mines hired boys and girls to as little as age 5, who worked in harsh set-ups.Factory acts were passed to reform child labor laws.The laws reduced a child's workday and children under age 8 or 9 could no longer work. Later, it demanded child workers to be educated.The enduring impact this had changed the way even how children are today. Today at ages eight and nine children are playing rather than working. They still have laws today, that prevents someone under age 16 to get a job. -
The writings of Karl Marx and Engels
Karl Max created a new theory called scientific socialism.Marx teamed up with german socialist, Fredrick Engels and they wrote a pamphlet,Communist Manifesto.Based on Marx's prediction made in the pamphlet,he believed it would lead to a society where struggles people had throughout history will end because wealth and power would be equally shared between everyone.The enduring impact Marx's pamphlet had was the form and idea of social democracies,a slow change from capitalism to socialism.
