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Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull invents the seed drill or "Tull" that makes planting seeds many times more efficient increasing crop growth throughout England. This seed drill would have a 70% yeild rate vs the older 30% yeild spread technique. -
John Kay invents the flying shuttle
John Kay starts the revolution in the textile industry by inventing the flying shuttle which makes weaving much faster and started the movement towards factories. -
James Watt invents the Boulton Watt
When James Watt invented the boulton watt it started the mechanical revolution, powering every single machine in Britain and beyond. From spinning jenny's to steam boats this was the most revolutionary invention of the industrial revolution without a question. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communis Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publishing the Communist Manifesto did not have a very large impact in the short term but in the early 20th century, it shook the world with the Soviet Union forming in 1922 along with Cuba, China and countless others becoming communist countries. -
US Civil War Ends, the US experiences technological boom
After the American Civil War, the two parts of the country united and new US underwent many changes including a boom in technology such as the extraction of karosene, oil and gasoline. This would in the future help create the diesel engine and the Model T ford. -
Germany becomes a leading industrial pwoer
The reason for Germany's movement to the industrial power was the unification of political parties and stability. Also, the development in railroads all across Germany helped unify the country as a whole and increased the spread of the factory mindset. -
British Unions are allowed to strike
After the enactmants of the Combination acts in 1799 and 1800 on the unions they were silenced for a while. Until the silence was finally broken by lack of being heard. The people will always get together and revolt if there is a common problem. The examples are in the American, South American, Mexican, and Hatian revolutions.
