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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
In the begining of industrialism, many inveters were coming across amazing ideas to make everyday life a whole lot easier. Joethro Tull was one of these inventors. He invented the seed drill. The seed drill would punch a hole in the ground while you push it forward and then drop a seed in the hole. This saved a lot of time for farmers who need to plant crops. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
During the begining of industrialism, John kay, an inventor, invented a very amazing peice of machinery. He called it the flying shuttle. It would make cloth a lot faster than the traditional way. Saving weavers a lot of time. This fast way to weave cloth rapidly exploded with other invetions to make it even easier. This made the idea for textile factories. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
James Watt was another inventor of that era. He invented the steam engine which was the first engine used to harness steam preasure. The steam engine was a very efficient engine. He made it known with his partner (the entripenuer) Mathew Bolton. He ended up with the most money. The steam engine ended up branching into other things like using a steam engine on a boat or train. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
The comunist manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. It talked about how socialism was the better choice over capitalism. It also covers how in time capitalism would be replaced with socialism. They were wrong. socialism today and through history has lost and the only countries using it today are comunist countries like China and North Korea. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
With all of these new farming inventions and ideas, the US experienced a technological boom. By making these crops so fast the population increased which resulted in more people to make the food which would go around in an endless cycle -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
In 1870s germany and also belgum became dominant in industrial power. Those two countries had an abundance of coal in there area so that resulted in an abundance of metal. This resulted in industrial boom. -
British Unions win right to strike
For the first time in history, large numbers of people were members of the industrial working class. These people were fed up with the working conditions so they decided to put on the first strike. They were banned of unions and then banned to strike.
