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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
The seed drill made crop planting much more efficient it would create a hole in which seeds would be placed. Before the seed drill farmers would just scatter seeds and hope they would grow. This increased the rate in which the seeds actually became plants. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
This invention greatly increased the effieciency of weaving. A weaver could weave much widfer fabrics. Less labor was required for weaving/ -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
He is credited for creating the first modern steam engine although other civilizations had crude ideas of the steam engine. This impacted the industrailization in so many ways because steam was then used for a ton of mechanizing later such as steam trains. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
Marx and his partner Engels publish a book based on their theories. They believed that if everyone worked together and everything was publicly owned then eventually government wouldn't be needed and at first the government must be very strict until it must eventually fade from power when it will be at a point in time when everything will be at peace. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
The Civil War ends and the country is more at peace. Therefore, because it is rich in iron and coal it is wuick to industrialize. The natural resources made industrialization very easy and technology advances with these advantages. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
they started industrialization much later than the british but were rich with natural resources unions spread industrialization railways and mines because they began after the british they could use british ideas -
British Unions win right to strike
British Unions Win Right to Strike 1875 Factory workers had very few rights and worked in horrible conditions for little pay. To fight this they built unions, but in England were not allowed to strike. The combination acts prohibited umions howeve, in 1875 they won the right to strike and peacefully protest.
