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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
Tull invents the seed drill which makes planting of seeds more efficient. Every seed is planted in a way it will grow instead of being thrown by a person and hoping the seed goes into the ground so it could grow. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
The flying shutle allowed a single weaver to weave wider fibrics more efficiently. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
This invention allowed factories to not have to be built need bodies of water and for factories to expand because the steam engine was so powerful -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
They believed that the capitalist system would adventually destroy itself. At the end of its destruction, the government would wither away as a classless society developed. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
America had a wealth of natural resources and a growing urban population that consumed the new manufactured goods. Also, as in Britain, railroads played a major role in America's industrialization. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
Germany built railroads that linked its growing manufacturing cities. Germany's economic strength spurred its ability to develope as a military power. -
British Unions win right to strike
By 1875 British trade unions had won the right to strike and picket peacefully.
