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Industrial Revolutions
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21 Nov 2018
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Coal became the most important natural resource
Population increased by 50%
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
Reduced labor and more employment in factories
Hydroelectric power developed
Spinning Jenny invented by James Hargreaves
Steam engine locomotive created by George Stephenson
Patriot soldiers built armament plants and gunpowder mills during the Crimean War
Labor unions started trying to get rights for factory workers
Mary Wollstonecraft created the Vindication for the Rights of Women
first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls
almost all women were given the right to vote, own property, and earn wages
Textile industry revolutionized
Louis Pasteur discovered vaccines
Agricultural Revolution
New labor force created in the factories
Urbanization increases dramatically
Prussia first utilized trains to mobilize soldiers
Development of turnpikes
New jobs created and people were able to afford more items
Periods
First Industrial Revolution
Second Industrial Revolution
Watt steam engine invented by James Watt
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