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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill to improve planting seeds and make it more effecient to plant. Before there was a small chance that each seed would begin to grow but the seed drill changed that.
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The flying shuttle improved the speed of workin, it nearly doubled the amount of work a person could do in a day. The flying shuttle was one of the most important invention towards weaving.
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The steam engine made engines much more efficient. The steam engine was called the Boulton Watt. Matthew Boulton invested in James Watt's invention. The Boulton Watt was used for powering transportating like trains and steam boats.
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publsihed " The Communist Manifesto" which discussed their ideas of communism such as, that human societies have always been divided into warring classes.
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The United States were primarily a rural revolutionary society until the Civil War ended. The country then experienced a technological boom.
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Germany began to adopt British engineering models and equipment. They soon built railroads that linked Germany's scattered resources. This allowed them to begin an Industrial Revolution.
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Factory workers worked many hours and in horrible working conditions. They soon decided to form unions and began to strike. The British government passed the Combination act which forbid unions and strikes. However, factory workers persued and continued to go on strike and eventually Parliment took back the Combination Acts
