This is based off of the chart that Mr. Paddenburg gave us.
67148627 | Richard Arkwright | He built the waterframe. It was a water-powered spinning machine. | 0 | |
67148628 | Robert Bakewell | He inbred livestock. I think it was the start of selective breeding. | 1 | |
67148629 | Mathew Boulton | He (developed?) pumped engines to drain tin mines. This established the steam engine industry. | 2 | |
67148630 | James Hargreaves | Spinning Jenny -> faster spinning thread | 3 | |
67148631 | John Kay | Flying Shuttle -> faster weaving | 4 | |
67148632 | John McAdam | Macadam road surface -> facilitated travel and communication | 5 | |
67148633 | Robert Fulton | Practical steamboat -> faster transportation at sea | 6 | |
67148634 | Richard Trevithcik | Tramway/Road Locomotive -> Development of later locomotive | 7 | |
67148635 | Jethro Tull | Horse-drawn seed drill -> plant seeds evenly in rows without waste | 8 | |
67148636 | James Watt | Improved steam engine -> faster transportation | 9 | |
67148637 | Eli Whitney | Promoted standardized articles -> cheaper goods | 10 | |
67148638 | Eli Whitney | Cotton gin -> Speed up cotton production | 11 | |
67148639 | Moses Brown | Established the first water-powered mill in the United States -> sped up the industrial revolution in the U.S. | 12 | |
67148640 | Andrew Carnegie | Started a major steel company | 13 | |
67148641 | John Cockerill | Blast furnace using coke -> better iron/steel | 14 | |
67148642 | William Cockerill | He founded an industrial company and brought British inventions to the rest of Europe | 15 | |
67148643 | Francis Cabot Lowell | Brought British power loom to America -> let weaving keep up with spinning and helped America's textile industry | 16 | |
67148644 | John D. Rockefeller | He created Standard Oil, a monopoly | 17 | |
67148645 | Samuel Slater | Est. the first successful U.S. cotton mill and brought British textile machines to the U.S. -> helped U.S. cotton textile industry | 18 | |
67148646 | Jeremy Bentham | Founded utilitarianism -> the idea that a moral act is that which brings the most happiness to the most people | 19 | |
67148647 | Thomas Malthis | He thought that the population would increase to the point where there would not be enough supplies. It influenced contemporary social policy. | 20 | |
67148648 | Horace Mann | He supported universal education, state oversight, and neutrality of religion in schools. It is the foundation of our education today. | 21 | |
67148649 | John Stuart Mill | He wrote essays supporting utilitarianism. It helped to spread and to keep the idea alive. | 22 | |
67148650 | Robert Owen | He set up schools and wrote A New View of Society. It helped to develop socialism | 23 | |
67148651 | Charles Fourier | He developed the idea of a utopian community and that religion should help to improve the life of the poor. It influenced other ideas like socialism, anarchy, etc. | 24 | |
67148652 | Adam Smith | He came up with the division of labor and workers. He also came up with the idea of free markets that thrive on mutual self-interest. It influenced the development of classical economics and capitalism | 25 | |
67148653 | David Ricardo | He thought that wages would stabilize to subsistence level. It influenced classical and systematized economics | 26 | |
67148654 | William Wilberforce | He worked to end the slave trade and slavery in the British empire. It led to the ending of the British empire. | 27 |