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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
Jethro Tull was a farmer who nvented the new seed drill which would sow seeds in uniform rows. Usually, you had to scatter seeds with your hands, which resulted in a huge waste of seeds. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
John Kay was the 12th child of a farmer. He created a machine that allowed weavers to weave faster. This was an improvement in the loom that cut the number of workers needed from 2 to 1. This created a huge innovative era to the industrialization. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
James Watt was an engineer. He added on to the steam machine. Changing the way that the cylinder worked, it made the machine work faster. It was faster, cheaper, and easier to use. But, Watts was in a financial crisis so he had to ask Matthew Boutlton for help. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
The manifesto talks about how human societies have been divided into the "haves" (the bourgeoisie) and the "have-nots" (the proletariat). Marx and Engels said the Industrial Revolution made the wealthy richer and the poor even more poor, which led them believe that economic forces alone dominated society. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
After the US Civil War, the US experiences a technological boom. Railroads began their quest to cross the continent and many ew factories and buildings were growing in size. New energy sources, like coal, and electricity, powered the factories of the industrial age. These resources and types of energy will power the rest of the future. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
Instead of countrywide industrialization, little bits of industrialization appeared. In addition, Germany built railroads that linked its growing manufacturing ciites the main coal and iron ore deposits. Duirng the 1870s, Germany's economic strength allowed it to become a military power, and by the late 1800s, Germany had become a mixtureof a industrial and military force. -
British Unions win right to strike
The British government saw unions as a threat to the stability and social order. Britain passed the Combinations Act of 1799, which prevented unions and strikes from happening. Workers ignored this act and still continued to join unions. Parliment then cancelled the Combinations Act in 1824. They learned to deal with them, and unions were able to strike without fear about being punished.
