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This is based off of the chart that Mr. Paddenburg gave us.

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67148627Richard ArkwrightHe built the waterframe. It was a water-powered spinning machine.0
67148628Robert BakewellHe inbred livestock. I think it was the start of selective breeding.1
67148629Mathew BoultonHe (developed?) pumped engines to drain tin mines. This established the steam engine industry.2
67148630James HargreavesSpinning Jenny -> faster spinning thread3
67148631John KayFlying Shuttle -> faster weaving4
67148632John McAdamMacadam road surface -> facilitated travel and communication5
67148633Robert FultonPractical steamboat -> faster transportation at sea6
67148634Richard TrevithcikTramway/Road Locomotive -> Development of later locomotive7
67148635Jethro TullHorse-drawn seed drill -> plant seeds evenly in rows without waste8
67148636James WattImproved steam engine -> faster transportation9
67148637Eli WhitneyPromoted standardized articles -> cheaper goods10
67148638Eli WhitneyCotton gin -> Speed up cotton production11
67148639Moses BrownEstablished the first water-powered mill in the United States -> sped up the industrial revolution in the U.S.12
67148640Andrew CarnegieStarted a major steel company13
67148641John CockerillBlast furnace using coke -> better iron/steel14
67148642William CockerillHe founded an industrial company and brought British inventions to the rest of Europe15
67148643Francis Cabot LowellBrought British power loom to America -> let weaving keep up with spinning and helped America's textile industry16
67148644John D. RockefellerHe created Standard Oil, a monopoly17
67148645Samuel SlaterEst. the first successful U.S. cotton mill and brought British textile machines to the U.S. -> helped U.S. cotton textile industry18
67148646Jeremy BenthamFounded utilitarianism -> the idea that a moral act is that which brings the most happiness to the most people19
67148647Thomas MalthisHe thought that the population would increase to the point where there would not be enough supplies. It influenced contemporary social policy.20
67148648Horace MannHe supported universal education, state oversight, and neutrality of religion in schools. It is the foundation of our education today.21
67148649John Stuart MillHe wrote essays supporting utilitarianism. It helped to spread and to keep the idea alive.22
67148650Robert OwenHe set up schools and wrote A New View of Society. It helped to develop socialism23
67148651Charles FourierHe 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
67148652Adam SmithHe 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 capitalism25
67148653David RicardoHe thought that wages would stabilize to subsistence level. It influenced classical and systematized economics26
67148654William WilberforceHe worked to end the slave trade and slavery in the British empire. It led to the ending of the British empire.27

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