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Flying Shuttle
Invented by John Kay -
Spinning Jenny
Invented by James Hargreaves -
James Watt
James Watt was born on 19 January 1736. He was a mathematical instrument maker at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. In 1765, he improved the steam engine to run faster and more efficiently. This improvement has changed the way steam boats and trains operate. He died on 25 August 1819. -
Water Frame
Invented by Richard Arkwright -
Captialism
An idea of free market by Adam Smith. The idea is writen in The Wealth of Nations. -
Spinning Mule
Invented by Samuel Crompton -
Utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham worte about the idea of people judging ideas that are useful or not in his Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation in 1780. The government should do what the majority wanted. This is called utilitarianism. John Stuart Mill led the movement in 1800s. -
Power Loom
Invented by Edmund Cartwright -
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney -
William Cockerill
Lived from 1759 to 1832. In 1799, he made it to Belgium from Britain with plans on how to build a spinning machine. This pushed Belgium to industrialize. -
Francis Cabot Lowell
In 1813, Fancis Cabot Lowell and others were the first to change the textile industry. They mechanized every step of the process and they built a factory in Waltham, Massachusetts. -
William Wilberforce
Willaim Wilberforce was a member of the British Parliament. He led the movement to end slavery in Britain. In 1825, he retired from Parliament but still continued his work to free the slaves. The slaves were freed in 1833. -
Socialism
Charles Fourier, Saint-Simon, and others created socialism. Socialism is an economic system where the factors of production are owned by the public. The government should also control the factories, mines, railroads, and other industries. -
Britain abolished slavery
The British Parliment ended skav trade in the British West Indies in 1807. Britain ended slavery in their own territory in 1833 -
The Ten Hours Act of 1847
Women and children are limited to ten hours of work in factories in Britain -
Communism
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels both wrote The Communist Manifesto. The pamphlet described the Industrial Revolution widen the gap between the wealthy and the poor. From this Marx created communism which is a complete from of socialism. In a communist country, all wealth, goods, and services are shared equally among the people. There is also no government once a country reaches a pure form of communism. -
Friedrich Engels
Born on November 28, 1820. He helped Karl Marx write The Communist Masifesto. He also helped support Marx when Marx did not have any money. Die on August 5, 1895. -
End of Civil War in US
The Union won the Civil War and ended slavery in the United States -
International Council for Women
Women activists from around the world founded the International Council for Women -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835. In 1892, he formed the Carnegie Steel Company. Carnegie died in August 1919
