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American workers near water develop some cash crops for trade.
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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill and a horse-drawn hoe.
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England uses four year crop rotation system.
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Food riots in parts of England protest high bread prices
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Robert Bakewell produces Leicester sheep through selective breeding.
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Agriculture is influenced by enclosure of land to reduce disease spread.
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First prototype for steam engine was created
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Henry Cavendish experiments with electric charges to turn nitrogen gas into nitrate salts. Experiments would be of great importance in the future production of artificial fertilizeers.
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Bakewell produces Longhorn cattle by selective breeding
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Jethro Tull improves his seed drill with the addition of gears to the rotary mechanism
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England's first plough manufacturing factory opens.
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Invention of iron plough
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Andrew Meikle, a Scottish engineer, develops threshing machine
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin in the U.S
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Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow.
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Parliament passes a bill to limit work hours for children
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Parliament bans children who are under 9 to work
