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Jethro tull invented the seed drill in 1701. This horsedrawn seed planter was a major breakthrough for the agricultural revolution.
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John Kay invents the flying shuttle which improves looms making the rate of production for weavers fater.
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A Scottish instrument maker named James Watt funded by Boulton invents the first engine to run on steam. This kickstarted the revolution.
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Carl Marx and Frederick Engels publish a short article called the Communist Manifesto. It told of thier views of politics and still influences people up to today.
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The fighting between the Union and the Confederacy ends opening up opportunities for the now united nation to industrialize like England.
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Although Germany did not start out as a major industrial power, in the 1870's they began to industrialize along the Rhine River making them a major industrial power in thier time.
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After many years of being prevented the right to strike and unionize from the Combination Acts of 1799, the british unions finally win the right to stike
