1820 ⟶ Child Labor Exploitation Intensifies in Industrial Revolution

1820–1842: In the Industrial Revolution child labor was expl...
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🚢 Mayflower Voyage to Plymouth Colony

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England to what became the Plymouth Colony in New England.The 1622 massacre was instrumental in causing English colonists to view all natives as enemies⟶
Mayflower Voyage to Plymouth Colony (1620)
ColonialismPuritansNew EnglandAtlantic WorldMigrationEarly American HistoryMassachusetts
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States

🔫 Elisha Collier Develops the Flintlock Revolver

Elisha Collier invents the flintlock revolver.⟶
Elisha Collier Develops the Flintlock Revolver (1814)
WeaponsFirearmsMilitary Technology
United StatesUnited StatesUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🏭 Child Labor Exploitation Intensifies in Industrial Revolution

1820–1842: In the Industrial Revolution child labor was exploited more than ever, especially in cotton factories and mines.⟶
Child Labor Exploitation Intensifies in Industrial Revolution (1820)
Industrial RevolutionExploitationMiningSocial InequalityWorking ClassEconomic History
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States

📧 Electric Telegraph Patented

Telegraphy patented.⟶
Electric Telegraph Patented (1837)
CommunicationSamuel MorseTelegraphIndustrial Revolution
United StatesUnited StatesUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

⛏️ Coal Mines Act: Child and Female Labor Restrictions

The Coal Mines Act forbade the use of boys younger than ten and women in the mines.⟶
Industrial RevolutionWomen's RightsSocial ReformMining
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🔊 First Commercial Gramophone Record Released

First gramophone record.⟶
First Commercial Gramophone Record Released (1894)
Sound RecordingCommunicationMusicEntertainmentIndustrial RevolutionMass Media
United StatesUnited StatesUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom