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Jethro Tull invents the Seed Drill
Jethro Tull was a scientific farmer and created a more effictient way to sow fields with his seed drill. -
John Kay invents the flying shuttle
John Kay, a machinist, made a shuttle that sped back and forth on wheels. The shuttle carried yarn to create a textile and greatly increased the productivity of workers. -
James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves was a textile worker and in 1764 he invented a spinning wheel which allowed one spinner to work 8 threads at a time. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
James Watt was a mathematical instrument maker. He thought for two years about how to improve the steam engine idea. He came up with an idea and was funded by a man named Matthew Boulton to make it. It became wildly successuful. -
Richard Arkwright invents the water frame
In 1769 Richard Arkwright invented the water frame. A machine that used waterpower from the streams to drive spinning wheels. -
Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
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Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule
Samuel Crompton in 1779 combined aspects of the spinning jenny and the water frame to create the spinning mule which made thread that was stronger, finer, and more consistent. -
Samuel Slater emigrates to the US
Samuel Slater a mill worker came to the US and built a spinning machine from memory. This began the era of industrialization in the Americas. -
William Cockerill brings mill designs to Belgium
William Cockerill in 1799 illegally made his way to belgium with plans of mills. He then began constructing mills for Belgium. -
Richard Trevithick creates a steam engine powered locomotive
Richard Trevithick took the steam engine and put it in a locomotive to create what would be one of the most successful means of transportation for hundreds of years to come. -
Karl Marx and Friedric Engels create the Communist Manifesto
Marx and Engels created a 23 page pamphlet that outlined their ideas of a completely socialist europe. In which everyone got what they needed and worked for the common good of the people. -
US Civil War ends
When the civil war ended in the US experienced a technological boom that throttled industrialization in america. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power
In the 1870s Germany's push for industrialization began to gain speed and they soon became a dominant industrial power in Europe. -
British Unions win right to strike
