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Industrial Revolution begins in Great Britian
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Increase in transportation type- canals/turnpikes
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Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves- efficient production
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Steam Engine- used as a power source
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Spreads to the U.S- textile advancements
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Factories attacked by Luddites in Britian- protest
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Trade Unions legalized
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Canals boom- water routes
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John Deere invents steel plow
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Sewing machine by Elias Howe- increase in inventors/inventions
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Bessemer Process- increase in steel production
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Second part of revolution begins
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Railroad strike- violence
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American Federation of Labor formed
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End of revolutions