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Industrial Revolution
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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill and increased farmers' profits by making planting more efficient. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
In 1733, John Kay invented the flying shuttle and doubled the work a factory worker could do in a day. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
James Watt, funded by Matthew Boulton, greatly improved the steam engine and made it much more efficient. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Engels published the Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx introduced the world to a radical type of socialism called Marxism. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
People like Slater smuggled English textile producing ideas into the US and expanded them to progress into a technological boom. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
With the resources from the Ruhr valley and Britain's textile-making inventions, Germany was ready to become the dominant industrial power in Europe when it hit. -
British Unions win right to strike
The British workers wanted higher wages and less working hours so they went on strike.
