Industrial Revolution
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Updated: 11 Jan 2018
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Created byElizabeth Williams
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Jethro Tull invented the seed drillThe Royal Society was foundedJohn Kay invented the flying shuttleJames Hargreaves invented the spinning jennyRichard Arkwright invented the water frameSamuel Crompton invented the spinning muleEdmund Cartwright invented the power loomEli Whitney invented the cotton ginJames Watt improved the steam engineRichard Trevithick made his small and powerful engineGeorge Stephenson built a railroadGeorge Stephenson built the RocketThe Liverpool-Manchester Railway openedSamuel Slater built a spinning machine in the USMoses Brown opened the first factory in the USWilliam Cockerill built spinning machines in BelgiumThe Factory Act was passedThe Mines Act was passedCharles X was overthrownThe Reform Bill was passedThe Great Exhibition opened
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