A Biography of America
The Rise of Capitalism – Key Events
1776
Publication of The Wealth of Nations
1793
Slater Mill built
1820s
Lowell Mills built
1825
Erie Canal opened
1830
First railroad in U.S. (Baltimore and Ohio)
Plans for city of Chicago laid out
1831
McCormick invents the reaper
1834
Women workers strike at Lowell textile mills
1848
Illinois and Michigan Canal opens