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Industrialization
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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
The seed drill was a very efficient way to plant seeds as opposed to throwing the seeds all over the place. -
John Kay invents the flying shuttle
The flying shuttle doubled the work that a weaver could do in a day -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
A steam engine was a very efficient way of transporting material. -
Marx and Engels publish the communist manifesto.
The communist manifesto was a document that described communism. By taking away the upper and lower class where everyone was one giant middle class. -
The civil war ends
The civil war was a battle inside the U.S. between the North and the South over slavery. -
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Gemany becomes dominant industrial power.
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British unions win right to strike
