Unit 18: Timeline Assignment

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  • 2700 BCE

    Wooden Ships

    Wooden Ships
    The Egyptians begin using wooden ships for trade by sea

  • Pack Horse

    Pack Horse
    Goods are transported by pack horse. Goods are also transported around the coast of Britain by ship

  • Letters

    Letters
    Charles I allows the public to pay his messengers to carry letters. It is the beginning of the Royal Mail.

  • Turnpikes

    Turnpikes
    The first turnpike roads open. Turnpikes are privately owned and maintained but you have to pay to use them. Their name comes from an old word for a gate, pike. In towns the wealthy are carried by sedan chairs.

  • Canals

    Canals
    The Bridgwater Canal opens. Many more canals are dug in the late 18th and early 19th century.

  • Hot Air Ballon

    Hot Air Ballon
    The hot air balloon and the hydrogen balloon are invented.

  • Lifeboat

    Lifeboat
    The first purpose built lifeboat is built in South Shields, England

  • First Passenger

    First Passenger
    The first passenger railway opens

  • Hansom Cab

    Hansom Cab
    The first hansom cab is made in Hinckley

  • Car

    Car
    The car is invented

  • Electric Trams

    Electric Trams
    Electric trams begin running in many towns

  • Traffic Lights

    Traffic Lights
    The first electric traffic lights in Britain are installed in London

  • Traffic Meters

    Traffic Meters
    The first traffic meters are installed in the USA

  • Airship

    Airship
    The airship Hindenburg catches fire and burns

  • Crossing

    Crossing
    The first zebra crossing is made