19th Century NJ

1800-1899

February 15, 1804 - NJ become the last northern state that abolished slavery.

There were no civil war battles in the state of New Jersey, but more than 80,000 people enlisted in the army to defeat the confederate south.

During the Industrial Revolution the state began to prosper with new innovations.

The 1800's were known as the century of machine tools, there were so many new inventions coming about, and they kept incorperating new and improved ones. The list is way too long to name, but I am going to put down a few of the them that we have talked about in class.

1800 - Battery
1814 - Steam Locomotive
First photograph taken
1819 - Soda fountain
1829 - Typewriter
1830 - Sewing machine
1837 - telegraph
1839 - bicycle
1850 - Dishwasher
1857 - Sleeping car for train travel
1862 - Machine gun
1866 - dynamite
1877 - telephone
1880 - Toilet paper
1895 - Camera

There are many more for you to look up.

























For homework - I would like you to pick any invention of the 19th century and decide why it was so important then, and the impact, if any, it has on us today.
























Thomas Edison played a huge role in the 19th century, not only in New Jersey but in the entire world. I want you to blog about some of the things he did, and what his relationship with the state of New Jersey was.