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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
The seed drill revolutionized farming by planting the seeds in rows to make the plants have a higher chance to grow and by making the planting process much more efficent. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
John Kay's flying shuttle will revolutionize the textile industry by making the process more efficient. The flying shuttle is just one part of the large textile advances that came during the industrial revolution. These inventions will lead the textile industry to profit and efficient production for years to come. -
James Watt builds first steam engine
James's steam engine will be added to many different devices that will make them very effective. The steam engine will be added to trains to boost their speed and to make communication easier. It will also be added to boats to make them much more efficeint and to increase their speed. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
Marx and Engels come up with a new, radical type of socialisum in the book, called communisum. In communisum, everything is owned by the state and there is no free market. Years after this book was published, some countries used this idea to run the economy. -
US civil war ends and the US experienses a huge technological boom.
When the civil war ends and we return to a more peaceful time, the US starts to industrialize in the textile industry. Our start with industrialization in textiles opens the floodgates for much more advanced technology with high quantities of it. This technological explosion boosts the US to the top of the industializing world. -
Germany becoms top industrial power in Europe
After many years on top, England fall from the top of the industrializing world and Germany takes their place at the top of Europe. Germany's idustrial revolution pushed their technology to an advanced level and made them a global power. -
British Unions win right to strike
When the unions win a right to strike, it shows an advancement from the workers' rights that the government enforced during the time main chunk of the idustrial revolution. Back then, the workers had now rights and the factory owners could have the workers work 18 hour days with children working the same hours in the factory. The right to strike gavve the workers power to not have to accept their horrible conditions.
