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Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull was an agriculturist who improved the horse-drawn seed drill. -
John Kay
John Kay invented the flying shuttle and formed a partnership in Colchester to begin fly-shuttle manufacturing. -
James Watt
James Watt developed the idea of using horsepower. -
Thomas Robert Malthus
Malthus has become widely known for his theories concerning population and its increase or decrease in response to various factors. -
David Ricardo
David Ricardo was one of the most influential of the classical economists -
Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton was the inventor of the spinning mule -
George Stephenson (1829)
George Stephenson and his son created a locomotive called The Rocket. -
Samuel B. Morse
Samuel B. Morse developed the telegraph -
The year 1812
The population of Manchester passed 100,000. -
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell is considered the "Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution" because it was the first largest factory town in America. -
The Year 1830
British industrial production increased -
The Year 1831
A huge Cholera outbreak occured during 1831- 1832. -
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 (Britain abolishes slavery)
Parliament passed this act that abolished slavery throughout most of the British Empire. -
Factory Act of 1833
The Factory Acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to limit the number of hours worked by women and children first in the textile industry, then later in all industries. -
Public School Systems
Until the 1840s the education system was highly localized and available only to wealthy people. -
Ten Hours Act of 1847
the Ten Hours Act, restricted the working hours of women and children in British factories to effectively 10 hours per day. -
The Year 1848
Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution went hand-in-hand with the Western European countries' liberal traditions -
The Year 1865
The nation expanded greatly in this year. -
Standard Oil- Carnagie Steel
Carnegie Steel, was founded by Scottish immigrant and railroad entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie. John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil of Ohio in 1870. -
New Harmony (Robert Owen)
Robert Owen later translated his ideas to the United States, attempting to establish a Community of Equality at New Harmony -
Start of the Women's Rights Movement
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies. -
The Year 1904
Corporations began to grow bigger and bigger. Railroads, steel, oil, and many other industries saw huge corporations take over most of the production. -
The Year 1919
The Induztrialization Revolution came to an end.
