Making of the Modern World

A man named Jack Watts who was a scottish inventor, designed what is called a "steam engine". it was designed to generate power by expanding steam.

Before fridges were invented, people would cool down their food by adding ice or snow on top of it. The fridges was designed to cool down food. It was thought that the fridges would trap out the heat from one place to another in a small space.

For the Americans, this is a very important day because all thirteen American colonies which were controlled by the British Empire had been formed into one nation which of course became the United States of America

In 1720 a man named Thomas Wedgewood had drawn some pictures of how a camera would be made. In 1826, a French inventor name Joseph Niepce had completed the work by inventing it.

The cotton gin was designed to separate the seeds from cotton much, much quicker.

The factory acts are decisions made by the UK government where women and children were given a number of hours that they could work in factories and mills. Under 18's were only allowed to work for 12 hours.

The Suez Canal was designed in Egypt connecting to the Mediterranean Sea and The Red Sea. It was designed for travelling through Asia and Europe on water without having to go around Africa.

It was decided by the UK government that slavery would be abolished in India which was in 1833, and abolish slavery in the United Arab Emirates in 1965.

The panama canal is one of the biggest and hardest projects ever. It was designed on the Pacific and Atlantic ocean. The canal was the key to international trade, so it is very important.

The automobile back then would be called a car. Reasons for this is because it was used for transportation. It also contained gas, diesel fuel, electricity and Solar power.