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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
Jethro tull renovated seed planting with the seed drill. The seed drill was a machine that dug holes and put seeds into them, which was a much less wasteful method than spread seed farming. -
John Kay invents the flying shuttle
The flying shuttle was the first industrial invention of textile weaving. It was much faster than weaving by hand, but it only provided a gateway for much more efficient textile weaving machines such as the spinning jenny and the spinning mule. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
Along with Matthew Boulton, James Watt built the first steam engine, and used it to make steam boats and steam engines. James Watt was the visionary of the project and Matthew Boulton was the engineer. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
Marx and Engels saw that in socialism, people were divided between the "haves" and the "have-nots" so they started a idea of governent called communism where the government owns everything including production and factories. They publsihed "The Communist Manifesto" and their ideas were later implimented in China and The Soviet Union. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
After slavery was abolished many ideas of Industrialism in the U.S. occured like public schools and nicer prisons. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
Due to population growth Germany becomes the dominant indudtrialized country in Europe. -
British Unions win right to strike
Long after the Combination Act of 1779, which banned Unions was passed, more freedoms of rights like women's rights and the abolition of slavery were becoming more likely to be passed. So British Unions were given the right to strike, or to refuse to work.
