Industrial Revolution Timeline by Ava Balek

1820 Lowell Girls

avabalek — 2025-09-05 17:22:45 UTC

The Lowell girls were women and little girls working at the Lowell Mills. They would work for 12 hours a day 6 days a week but would get paid very little even though they were so important to society. They were so important to society because of how much they worked

1847 Mechanical Reapers

avabalek — 2025-09-05 17:41:36 UTC

The Mechanical Reapers was made by Cyrus McCermick. The Mechanical Reapers were horsed powered and made in 1847 and its purpose was to cut down and gather wheat and grains the Mechanical Reapers could also do the work of 5 people using hand held tools it changed society because it makes the work go faster since it does the work the same as 5 people.

1800 The Telegraph

avabalek — 2025-09-08 16:58:14 UTC

The telegraph was made by Samuel Morse in 1800. The telegraph helped the invention of Morse code. The telegraph changed society because it help many businesses thrive

1814 Lowell Mills

avabalek — 2025-09-08 17:12:36 UTC

The Lowell Mills were made in Massachusetts in 1814 by Francis Cabot Lowell. it changed society because that's where the Lowell girl worked to make wool and cotton

1821 Boarding Houses

avabalek — 2025-09-08 17:22:45 UTC

The boarding houses were used by the lowell girls when they would move away from there family's to work at the Lowell Mills. The boarding houses were important to society because it started to change how people lived because people started to live away from there family's.

1850 City

avabalek — 2025-09-08 17:33:45 UTC

In the early 1800's only 6 percent of the nation's population lived in the urban areas by 1850 the population grew from 6 to 15%. The city had a big impact on society because it changed how people lived since people kept moving from the rural areas to the city.

1793 The Slater Mills

avabalek — 2025-09-08 17:40:06 UTC

The Slater Mills were the first water powered mill made in Pawtucket and were started by Samuel Slates. They changed society because it was the start of other mills and American manufacturing

1793 Interchangeable Parts

avabalek — 2025-09-08 23:56:40 UTC

Eli Whitney came up with the idea of speeding up the making of guns by having machines make each part. Each part would fit together with all the other parts. This changed society because gunsmiths now wouldn't have to make each gun from scratch and this would save time and money

1842 Child labor

avabalek — 2025-09-09 00:06:38 UTC

Children as young as 7 would work in a factory even though it was really dangerous. They would work for 12 hours a day 6 days a week. This impacted lives because instead of going to school to get an education children had to work at a factory under dangerous conditions even though they were as young as 7.

1850 Problems In City's

avabalek — 2025-09-09 00:47:07 UTC

There were many problems in the city one of them being untreated sewage and garbage which often seeped into wells or often flowed into streams and rivers polluting the water. This changed the lives because it caused an epidemic and thousands of people died