Timeline

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    transatlantic slave trade

    what they sent from Europe to Africa was goods and weapons. what they sent from Africa to the Americans was slaves. what they sent from America to Europe was goods
  • Steam engine

    The inventor was Thomas Savery. its a heat engine that performs mechanical work to make trains move
  • Flying shuttle

    the inventor was John Kay. the invention is used for weaving. it allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics
  • Spinning Frame

    The inventor was Richard Arkwright. the invention was used for weaving
  • Spinning mule

    The inventor was Samuel Crompton. the invention is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres in the mills of lancashire and elsewhere.
  • Power loom

    The inventor was Edmund Cartwright. its to use water for power
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    Lord Shaftesbury

    he lives in London. he is famous for helping children's lives during the Victorian era
  • worker reforms

    the new law made it illegal to hire children under 9 years old. children from the ages 9 to 12 could not work mare than 8 hours a day.
  • Telegraph

    the inventor was Samuel Morse. it was used for messaging people
  • worker reforms

    the mines act prevented women and children from working underground
  • worker reforms

    British trade unions had won the right strike and picker peacefully
  • Telephone

    The inventor was Alexandra Graham. the invention was to contact people
  • Dynamite

    the inventor was alferd nobel. the invention is used for exploding things or people
  • Radio

    the inventor of the radio was Guglielmo Marconi. The radio is used to communicate with other people
  • Airplane

    the inventor of the airplane was wibour wright he was the one that made the airplanes so that you can fly from places