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Jethro Tull invents Seed Drill
Jethro Tull was one of the first scientific farmers. He invented the seed drill in 1701. The seed drill was a better and more efficient way to plant seeds .The seed drill drilled through the soil and planted a seed every foot or so. -
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Industrial Revolution
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John Kay invents Flying Shuttle
The flying shuttle kind of started the revolution. It speeded up textile production and made companies compete with each other, making even more inventions. Also, because of increased textile production, the econamy boomed, making it possible for more buisnesses to start up and then competeing with themselves. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
James Watt, with the help of entrapenuer Mathew Boulton, mass produced the steam engine and completly revolutionizes the way things are made and done, changing the world forever. -
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Freidrech Engels come up with a new philosaphy: Marxism, or communism. This idea is a more extreme version of socialism, and promotes the idea of all men our equal. The philosaphy argues that the people should own everything and the government should shape and be in charge of the econamy. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
When the Union won the US Civil War, many entrapenuers came began building buisinesses and were extremely succesful. Francis Cabot Lowell of boston & 4 other investors revolutionised the American textile industry. These investors powered the textile industry through mills, and when capitalism kicked in, competition kept the demand up for better products and so forth -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
When the modern German nation was created, major industries sprouted up and completely industrialized Germany. When railroads were invented it increased the demand for coal and steel, and Germany became a huge industrial power and military power. -
British Unions win right to strike
Britain was the country that began the industrial revolution. Although the nation on a whole became unbeleivably rich, the working class was not. Wages were better in the cities than the farms, but the working conditions and hours were unimaginable. Unions were created by the workers to protect the workers. in 1875 British Unions won the right to strike after puting preshure on factory owners who were in or a great influence on Parliment.
