1790 THE FIRST STEAM POWERED MILL OPENS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

1793 SAMUEL SLATER HELPS BUILD A MILL IN RHODE ISLAND FOR SPINNING COTTON THREAD.

1796 british doctor edward jenner develops an inoculation to prevent people from getting smallpox.

1807 robert fultons clermont becomes the first commercially successful steamboat

1814 sweden and norway are united in the treaty of kiel.

1818 eli whitney invents the milling machine which can make complex parts for many kinds of equipment.

1821 greece starts fighting for its indepence from the ottoman empire.

1824 gibbons v. ogden a case dealing with the power of the federal government to reulate commerce reaches the supreme court.

1831 cyrus mccormick invents the mechanical reaper.