Industrial Revolution Timeline by Marco DeMarco

1844 Telegraph

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-05 17:32:00 UTC

The telegraph was invented in Washington D.C. by

Samuel F. B. Morse. And it was also known as the talking wire, it was used to send electrical signals across a wire, where sending a code of dots to send a way of communication.

1847 Mechanic Reaper

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-05 17:37:26 UTC

The Mechanic Reaper was invented in a factory in Chicago by Cyrus McCormick and it was used to gather wheat and grains, and it is a horse drawn machine. Another fact is that it was capable of doing the work of 5 people by hand alone!

1832-Cholera (disease)

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-08 17:23:32 UTC

Cholera is a deadly sickness that came from urbanization from cities due to a high population and a lot of pollution. It affected the world in a bad way and damaged peoples health and lives.

Early 1800 Immigrants

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-08 17:29:03 UTC

Immigrants where used a child labor to do daily jobs, they worked 12 hours a day! They where mostly from Europe. It was dangerous because the kids where young. But it helped the world by having kids do jobs for them. But it was bad and unfair and was wrong.

1793 Slater Mills

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-09 02:03:15 UTC

Slater mills was built in Pawtucket Rhode Island by Samuel Slater, it was a water powered textile mill.

1800s More job opportunities

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-09 02:08:59 UTC

This all took place mainly in Lowell Massachusetts. A lot of people got job opportunities in the factories in the town. This opened up financial freedom for those people. This helped those areas and the world to be more successful and was a positive thing for the United states.

1837 Lightweight steel plow

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-09 02:21:14 UTC

The light weigh steel plow was invented by John deer in Illinois and it was powered by horses or oxen and was originally powered by oxen but people found the horse more effective. It was used to farm efficiently and was used to cut through the rough soil.

1800s Overpopulated cities

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-09 02:24:27 UTC

In the 1800s the cities where overpopulated, and a lot of people moved there for new job opportunities. This wasn't good because it led to pollution, which led to sicknesses that eventually would lead to death. This effected the environment negatively by damaging their health.

Factories 1800s

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-09 02:27:33 UTC

This opened up new job opportunities and has people leave their farms to work at factories. Some people thought it was a better job then farming and brought people to the city. This affected the environment in a positive way by helping people find new and better jobs.

Woman labor late 1700's early 1800's

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-09 02:32:23 UTC

Labor force was used to have women work for very cheap almost nothing, they would work 12 hours a day and get 1 break. They where also known as the Lowell girls. This happens mainly in the north in Lowell Massachusetts. This wasn't a good this cause now society kinda relied on them and it was unfair and wrong.

Factories mills

marcodemarco1 — 2025-09-09 02:32:54 UTC