Key People 5.1

HJosiah Wedgwood- founder of the Wedgwood disheartening firm and created a wide range of new processes of colors and designs. He was able to copy Chinese ceramics unashamedly.

James Hargreaves- maker of the spinning jenny which enabled a single worker to spin up to 120 bobbins of thread at once, instead of one. 

Richard Arkwright- invented the water frame, another spinning machine, but used water to provide the energy needed. This enabled for many machines to be linked to one source of power and thus, allowed for many to be put in one building. 

James Watt- made the steam engine more fuel efficient, and powerful. "Modernized" the steam engine.

George Stephenson- placed the steam engine on a carriage, that was also on rails, creating the locomotive. 

Honoré Blanc- made guns with completely interchangeable parts, lowering the cost oer weapon and made repairing them possible. 

Karl Benz- made a workable gasoline engine.

Armand Peugeot- made the first automobile.

Matthew Perry- went into the Japanese city of Edo and demanded diplomatic negotiations with the emperor. The next year he was able to sign an agreement that opened Japan's ports regularly to the United States.

Savithribai Phule- aided the lowest caste if the "Untouchables" despite increasing criticism. For example, she formed schools for the girls of the "Untouchable" caste. 

Karl Marx- created the idea of materialism, which is the belief that the organization of society derives from the organization of production. 

Käthe Kollwitz- ralkistivally, through art, depicted the grim working conditions by illustrating pictures such as starving artisans. 

Charles Dickens- wrote about the grim working conditions in novels such as Oliver Twist.