INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
TIMELINE

1733	The invention of the fly shuttle.
1750	The beginnings of the Industrial Revolution.
1764	The invention of the spinning jenny.
1769	The invention of the water frame.
1787	The invention of the power loom.
1790	The first textile factory established in America by Samuel Slater.
1793	The invention of the cotton gin.
1799-1800	The British government passed a series of Combination Acts.
1807	The invention of the steam ship.
1802-1819	The Factory Acts were passed which limited labor for children.
1812	The Luddites attacked the machines that they believed were   threatening.
1829	The invention of the railroad steam engine.
1833	The Factory Act was passed.   The People's Charter was passed.
1842	The Coal Mines Act eliminated the employment of boys under ten, and women in   mines.
1844	Excessive working hours were outlawed for women in factories and mines.
1845	The potato crop in Ireland was struck by a blight.
1845-1851	The Great Irish Famine.
1847	The Ten Hour Act reduced the workday for children between the ages of thirteen   and eighteen.
1851	The world's first industrial fair.