Humanities Assessment by https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline Industrial revolution & WW1 en-us 2021-08-24 04:13:19 UTC 2026-01-25 02:03:07 UTC hello@padlet.com First Steam Engine Was Invented kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692826987 1712
Thomas Newcomen invents the first steam-powered engine ]]> 2021-08-24 04:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692826987 First SIlk Throwing Factory kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692834530 1719
John Lombe opens the first silk throwing factory in Britain, Derby, named Lombe's Mill, the first successful one of its kind in England.]]> 2021-08-24 04:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692834530 First Simple Flying Shuttle kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692841786 1733
Flying simple shuttle, Machine that represented an important step toward automatic weaving. This was invented by John kay ]]> 2021-08-24 04:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692841786 Raw cotton Was Being produced in Britian kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692863707 1750
Raw cotton imported from other countries was used to make raw cotton. Cotton exports would contribute to the UK's economic success.]]> 2021-08-24 04:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692863707 The Bridgewater Canal Opens kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692867544 1761
The Bridgewater Canal, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, opens. It was named after Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, who had it built to transport coal ]]> 2021-08-24 04:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692867544 James Watt Improves Steam Engine kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692876321 1764
The steam engine was not invented by James Watt. He did, however, make improvements to the engine. Watt noticed a flaw in the Newcomen steam engine in 1764, he realized it was wasting a lot of steam therefore Watt reduced the waste resulted from the steam engine creating a single-cylinder design to upgrade the original steam engine design. James Watt was an inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements in steam engine technology drove the Industrial Revolution]]> 2021-08-24 04:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692876321 First Water frame kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692887444 1769
RIchard Arkwright invented a simple but remarkable water frame which could attach the spinning machine to a water wheel. Replacing the work of human hands, the water frame made it possible to spin cotton yarn more quickly and in greater quantities than ever before.]]> 2021-08-24 04:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692887444 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692915301 1794
Eli Whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. It greatly reduces the time it takes to clean cotton and helps the southern states make more money from cotton crops.]]> 2021-08-24 05:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692915301 Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692918177 1844
The telegraph, invented by Samuel Morse, allows messages to be conveyed quickly through a wire. ]]> 2021-08-24 05:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692918177 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692922878 1846
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine.  At a time when people had to make their own clothes at home or pay someone else to sew them by hand which took a fair bit of time however his invention saved a lot of Time and energy]]> 2021-08-24 05:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692922878 Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692925133 1853
Elevators were already invented by 1853, but people worried about elevator cars falling. Elisha Otis invents a safety break to prevent them from falling if a cable breaks, making people feel more confident about using elevators in tall buildings.]]> 2021-08-24 05:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692925133 The Bessemer Method for processing steel is invented. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692927029 1855
Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Having a way to make steel more quickly and more cheaply helped the production of building and leaded to the growth of cities.]]> 2021-08-24 05:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692927029 Alfred Nobel creates dynamite. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692928052 1866
Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, which is a safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground than simply lighting black powder. Dynamite is important in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks.]]> 2021-08-24 05:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692928052 Thomas Edison uses a light bulb to light a lamp. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692931445 1879
Thomas Edison created a light bulb that lasted longer than other designs and showed it off by lighting a lamp.]]> 2021-08-24 05:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692931445 Orville Wright makes the first powered airplane flight. kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692933170 1903
Using an engine that they invented, Orville and Wilbur Wright invent the first plane that is not powered by wind. 

]]> 2021-08-24 05:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692933170 The spinning mule is invented by Samuel Crompton kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692938636 1779
Multiple-spindle spinning machine invented by Samuel Crompton, which permitted large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread for the textile industry.]]> 2021-08-24 05:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692938636 Start of First Industrial Revolution kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692942012 1760
The First Industrial Revolution begins in the textile industry in Great Britain. Over the next decade, manufacturing will move from hand production in the home to machine production in factories.


]]> 2021-08-24 05:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692942012 The mechanical reaper was invented kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692948685 1831
The mechanical reaper was invented by Cyrus Hall McCormick, and it combined all of the steps that earlier harvesting machines had performed seperately. His time-saving invention allowed farmers to more than double the size of their crops and sparked farm machinery improvement.]]> 2021-08-24 05:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692948685 First Steamboat kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692951647 1807
The first successful steamboat was the Clermont, which was built by American inventor Robert Fulton.]]> 2021-08-24 05:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692951647 The Steel plow kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692958272 1837 
John Deere was a typical blacksmith, however one day, a broken steel sawmill blade gave him an opportunity. The steel plow allowed farmers to cultivate crops more efficiently because the smooth texture of the steel blade would not allow the soil of the Great Plains to stick as the cast-iron plow did.]]> 2021-08-24 05:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1692958272 Archduke Assassination kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694553036 Jun 28, 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I.]]> 2021-08-24 23:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694553036 Russia Mobilizes kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694563981 Jul 30, 1914
France and Germany who are already fighting over land ownership began to rally their troop, and Russia
gathers its large army to assist against Austria-Hungary in favor of its ally, Serbia. 

]]> 2021-08-24 23:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694563981 World War I Begins kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694567720 Aug 4, 1914
Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I.]]> 2021-08-24 23:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694567720 Germans Fire kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694571446 Apr 22, 1915
The Germans launch chlorine-gas-filled shells at Allied trenches. This is the first time that huge amounts of gas have been used in battle.]]> 2021-08-24 23:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694571446 First Tanks kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694574131 Sep 15, 1916
The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Delville Wood. ]]> 2021-08-24 23:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694574131 U.S. Enters War kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694576387 Apr 6, 1917
The United States Government authorizes a war declaration on Germany. The United States joins France and the United Kingdom in World War I.]]> 2021-08-24 23:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694576387 JAPAN DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694752449 August 23, 1914
On August 15, 1914, Japan sent an appeal to Germany, which was ignored, however on August 23, 1914, Japan formally declared war on Germany in the name of Emperor Taishō.

]]> 2021-08-25 01:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694752449 The Battle of the Somme kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694780499 July 1, 1916
The Battle of the Somme lasted over four and a half months in France, with over one million men injured or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history.]]> 2021-08-25 01:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694780499 USA joined the allied forces kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694783945
April 6, 1918
The USA joined the allied forces along with Britain and decalred war on Germany.]]> 2021-08-25 01:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694783945 Germany declares war on Russia and France kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694805581 August 1, 1914
Germany, to support their ally Austria-Hungary, declares war on Russia, because Russia is allied with France, Germany also declares war on France two days later.


August 1, 1914

]]> 2021-08-25 01:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694805581 Bulgaria enters the war kfinnerty2518 https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694813604 October 14, 1915
Bulgaria enters the war by declaring war on Serbia.]]> 2021-08-25 01:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kfinnerty2518/humanitiestimeline/wish/1694813604