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Seed Drill
Jethro Tull -
Flying Shuttle
John Kay -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves -
Steam Engine
James Watt -
Adam Smith
He wrote the "Wealth of Nations," which was a reflection on the economics at the beginning of the industrial revolution. He was known as a great Scottish Philosopher. -
Utilitarianism
It is a doctrine that is directed toward creating the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. This came from the ideas of Adam Smith and Jeremy Bentham. Bentham wrote,"Introduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation." -
The United States
Industrialization in the United States began with a man named Samuel Slater. He had emigraed to the United States from Britain and built a spinning machine from memory. -
Robert Fulton
He is credited with inventing the first steamboat. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney -
Capitalism
An economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit. Thomas Malthus was an important man for capitlaism, he took the ideas of Adam Smith and helped to create capitalism. -
Jonh MacAdam
He invented a new process for building roads called "macadamization." -
The Abolition of Slavery
People in Britain, such as William Wilberforce, began to fight for the abolition of slavery. First, they were able to stop the slave trade in the British Empire, then in 1833 slavery was finally abolished in Britain. -
Factory Act of 1833
This reform made it illegal to hire children under 9 years old, and children from 9 to 12 years old could not work for more than 8 hours a day. -
Socialism
An economic system where the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all. Charles Fourier, and Saint-Simon sought to offset industrialization with this new economic system. -
Friedrich Engles
He co-wrote the Communist Manifesto nad managed a textile factory in Manchester, England. -
Karl Marx
Karl Marx is known as being the father of communism, and wrote the Communist Manifesto. -
Communism
A form of complete socialism in which the means of production are owned by the people. Two important men in the history of communism are Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the two wrote the Communist Manifesto, a writing detailing their idea of communism. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell -
Council for Women
Women from all over joined together and formed an international council for women. Their goal was to get equal rights, because they had enough of being suppressed.
