Tag: industrial revolution

The Penny Post is one of several postal systems in which normal letters could be sent for one penny. It was invented by Sir Rowland Hill was an English teacher, inventor, and social reformer. He was knighted by Queen Victoria for 'services to the Nation'.

Telegraph is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. It was invented by an American inventor Samuel Morse in 1844.

The first electric telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in 1844. On May 24, 1844, he electrically transmitted his first message 'What hath God wrought?' from Washington to Baltimore.

Following statements are true regarding the various phases of industrialization in Britain:-

• Before industrialization there was no large scale industrial production in England.
• The British industry was transformed by two crucial changes: the mechanization of work and the application of the vapor of the new machine
• In British, usage of handmade products was a symbol of aristocracy.

Following statements regarding steam engine are true:-

• Before James Watt, Newcomen invented the primitive form of steam engine which were pumping water from mines all over the country.
• James Watt's discovery of steam engine got patent in 1764.
• The new steam engine enhanced the industrial productivity manifold.

Industrial Revolution did not form the basis of rise of nationalism in Europe till 18th century. The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French revolution in 1789. French was a full fledged territorial state in 1789 under the rule of an absolute monarchy. The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of the French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens.

The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, based on existing screw presses. A  printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.

The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French Revolution in 1789. French was a full Fledged territorial state in 1789 under the rule of an absolute monarch. The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of the French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens.

Prince Metternich  was a German diplomat and statesman and one of the most important diplomats of his era, serving as the Austrian Empire's Foreign Minister from 1809 and Chancellor from 1821 until the liberal revolution of 1848 forced his resignation.

The French colonized Vietnam in the mid 1800s. In 1885, France looked to take over Vietnam and in 1887 they did it. The French started to integrate more Western ideals, education, and religion including, for the first time, introducing Christianity.