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The Industrial Revolution
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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
Jethro Tull's revolutionary invention of the seed drill revolutionizes the agricultural industry and eventually leads the the enclosure movement. -
Catherine the Great becomes czarina of Russia.
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James Hargreaves develops the spinning jenny.
Allows you to spin several threads at once. -
James Watt makes crutial improvements to the steam engine.
James Watt perfects the steam engine. Eventually power will be measured by "Watts" in honor of James Watt. -
Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nation
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The Thirteen Colonies declare their independence.
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Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
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Eli Whitney patens the cotton gin.
This machine quickly and easily seperates the cotton from the seed allowing farmers the ability to grow more cotton and more quickly seperate it. -
Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
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Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
These ideas would later be twisted and misused by oppressive dictators. -
Trade unions are legalized in Britain.
Factory owners are now are held accountable for the treatment of their workers.
