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Industrial Revolution Timeline 14081

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  • Flying Shuttle

    Flying Shuttle
    John Kay
  • Spinning Jenny

    Spinning Jenny
    James Hargreaves
  • James Watt

    James Watt
    Made steam engine more efficient and faster.
  • Water Frame

    Water Frame
    Richard Arkwright
  • Spinning Mule

    Spinning Mule
    Samuel Crompton
  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    Jeremy Bentham
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom
    Edmund Cartwright
  • Samuel Slater

    Samuel Slater
    Emigrated to the United States and built a spinning machine.
  • Moses Brown

    Moses Brown
    Opened the first factory in the the United States
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney
  • John McAdam

    John McAdam
    Equipped roadbeds with a layer of large stones for drainage so heavy wagons could travel without sinking in the mud.
  • Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali
    He industrialized Egypt.
  • Realization of Women

    Realization of Women
    Women realized their job was to be at home making men sandwiches, so they asked for fewer hours in their work day.
  • Industrial Development in the U.S.

    Industrial Development in the U.S.
    British blockades the U.S. forcing them to use it's own resources to develop industrial industries.
  • Socialism

    Socialism
    Charles Fourier and Saint-Simon
  • Capitalism

    Capitalism
    Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo
  • George Stephenson

    George Stephenson
    Built the world's first railroad line.
  • End of Slavery in British Empire

    End of Slavery in British Empire
    William Wilberforce was a member of Parliament who led the fight for abolition.
  • Factory Act

    Factory Act
    Made it illegal to hire children under 9 years old
  • Communism

    Communism
    Karl Marx
  • Women's Rights

    Women's Rights
    The movement for women's rights began in the United States