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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
The seed drill was a machine that helped revolutionize the farming industry because prior to the machine you would throw seeds and hope that some grew but the seed drill planted less seeds specifically spaced apart to have a higher output but using less seeds. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
The flying shuttle helped thrust industrilization forward because it helped make the textile industry more effecient because it allowed people to weave easier. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
Since the abundance of coal had generated a lot of raw materials there needed to be a more efficient way to burn it to create energy. So James Watt created the steam engine originally to help pump up coal mines once they past the water table, and of course were powered by coal. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
In response to the rising ideas of Capitalisim and a free economy. Socialist ideas like socialisim, utilitarianisim, and communisim began to arise thinking to remove the selfish aspect of human nature and more to working for the greater good. Communisim specifically was aimed at creating a society based on needs and not wants and all they needed was a temporary all powerful government to set it up and then the government would just got away. But as we all know all powerful governments dont goawy -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
Now that war was not seperating the US and people could start working together one eutrepanuer from the US was able from memory to recreate the flying shuttle kickstarting the textile industry in the US. In addition to the textile industry booming the US had invented the cotton gin which made getting cotton much easier and allows me to print 8$ t shirts in huge quantities (With the help of globalizitation of course) -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
One of the key players in industrialization was the Benelux region (Belguim, Netherlandsm and Luxembourg) They had a good manufacturing run that brought them tremendous wealth. Shifting through time they eventually became the worlds banking captial. -
British Unions win right to strike
Since industrialization had began there were no regulations against many of the evils of industrialization such as child labor, bad working conditions, overly long hours, among coutless others. The french during there revolution and early time period after the revolution had enlightened ideas about life and the way we live it. So they invented workers unions and there ability to stop working to show protest against a evil. Today it is called a strike. Later on other nations adopted this right.
