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JethroTull invents the seed drill
Jethro Tull was one of the first scientific farmers and he created the seed drill for cultivation of larger fields. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
The flying shuttle helped double the amount of textile production -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
James Watt wanted to solved the problem of using so much fuel by making a steam engine. Matthew Boulton funded the production. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
Marx and Engels discussed that human society have always been divided. They wanted to make a society that the government controlled everything. -
THe US Civil War ends, US experiences huge technilogical expansion
The British wanted to keep their industrial ideas to themselves, so they had a blockade from the US. The US then had to rely on their own resources and had a huge jump in technology. -
Germany has the dominant industrial power in Europe
Germany began to copy England's industrial ways and got British engineers and equipment. They unknowingly had a coal-filled valley called the Ruhr Valley. -
The British Unions win ability to strike
The British Unions won the right to strike by wanting better working conditions and higher pay,