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In 1700 Jethro Tull perfected the horse drawn seed drill which put seeds into neat rows, it later was changed to the horse drawn hoe.
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The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.
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John Wesley was one of the great minds during the industrial revolution. He stressed the life of being christian and holy; to love god with ones heart, mind, soul, and strength.
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John Roebuck played an important part in the industrial revolution. He is known for inventing sulfuric acid and most of all the steam engine.
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As a young boy Crompton was forced to spin yarn by hand so when he grew up he invented the spinning mule. It was a machine used to spin cotton and other fabrics.
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Nicolas leblanc was a very well rounded chemist ans is best known for his discovery of sodium chloride in 1790
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Elijah Whitney revolutionized the cotton selling game when he created the cotton gin in 1794. It allowed cotton to be deseeded much much quicker than usual, causing numbers to jump.
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George Stephenson aka the father of railways invented the first steam locomotive which made a great impact on trading and transportation.
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David Ricardo's theory was that countries have an advantage with trading for resources they can not get in their home country
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In 1846, Elias Howe invented the first ever sewing machine. This would change the world. People could now make clothes more efficiently and make more clothes and some people even began selling them.
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Marxism is the theory that examines the effect of capitalism on labor, productivity, and economic development and argues for a worker revolution to overturn capitalism in favor of communism.
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In 1866 Cyrus West Field started the business of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. He laid the first ever telegraph cable across the Atlantic.
