Events
1769
The industrial Revolution starts in Great Britain
where James Watt patents his improved
Steam Engine1789
Samuel Slater, a British textile worker,
Comes to America, expanding the growth of
industrialization in America1793
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin in the US1801
Richard Trevithick invents the
I steam-powered Locomotive and
people start moving into the cities to work in factories1837
John Deere invents the Steel
Plow1840
Women and children start working in factories
and get paid very little to work in such harsh
environments1879
The start of the second industrial Revolution has
began and Thomas Edison perfects the
Incandescent Light Bulb1870
The rich start building large houses and
mansions, living life better and easier than the
poor
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