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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Jethro Tull invents the Seed Drill
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John Kay invents the Flying Shuttle
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James Watt builds the first steam engine.
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Engels and Marx publish The Communist Manifesto
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United States Civil war ends and the United States expiriences a technological boom
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Germany becomes the dominant industrial power in Europe
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The British unions win the right to strike