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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
The seed drill was created as a solution to the inefficient farming method of spraying the seeds on the ground. The seed drill inserts the seeds into the ground at a certain depth allowing for increased farming efficiency. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
The flyibng shuttle carried threads of yarn back and forth when the weaver pulled a handle on the loom. The flying shuttle in creased productivity. -
James Watt builds the steam engine
Although the steam engine was invented before James Watt, Watt made the steam engine work faster and more efficiently while burning less fuel. -
Marx and Engels publish the Communist Manifesto
Marx's ideal government was that the government should take everything from the people and redistribute it as the government sees fit. -
U.S civil war ends; U.S expriences technological boom
The civil war was between the North and the South. The North wanted to abolish slavery, whereas the South wanted to profit from it. -
Germany becomes dominate industrial power in Europe.
Britian had a successful industrial revolution because Britian had all factors of production, land, labor, and capital. -
British Unions win right to strike.
British Unions were banned because the government saw unions as a threat to the productivity. However, unions continued to exist, and then the government reluctantly allowed for unions.
