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Jethro Tull invents seed drill
Henry Jethro William Tull created a horse drawn seed drill. The seed drill would plant seeds almost perfectly in lined columns. Later, he added a hoe that was horse drawn for the planted seeds. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
John Kay in 1733 patened his invention of the flying shuttle. The flying shuttle allowed wider fabrics to be weaved. The flying shuttle later was able to be mechanized, so that it could be more efficient and wouldn't require someone to do it. -
James Watt builds first steam engine
James Watt was given a job to try and repair an old model of a engine and found out how inefficient it is. When Watt was still a ways off to being able to sell the steam engine until he began to have a partnership with Matthew Boulton. With the help of this entrepreneur, James Watt was able to build the first steam engine. -
Marx and Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto"
"The Communist Manifesto" was an short writing by theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles. They stated in the publication that they thought that communism would triumph as the best type of government. Many historians have identified as this writing as one of the most influential writings. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
After the US Civil War, the bloodiest war fought on US soil ended, the US experienced a hugh technological boom. Before the war, the US was a small non-industialized nation. The US, not knowing of the time, was sitting on a treasure of the resources need to industrialize. -
British Unions win right to strike
In 1875, the British Unions of workers win the right to strike. They were given the right to be able to strike due to the lack of worker's right previously. British Unions are now able to stop working in protest of a part of their work. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
Germany became high industrialized and became an industrial superpower. Germany was sitting on the perfect materials for industrialization, coal and iron ore, to make steel. Germany was mostly industrialized along their biggest river, the Rhine river in the Ruhr valley.
