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Pulled by horses, this tool was every useful on farms, as it provided a quick and inexpensive way to plant seeds. It also made planting crops more organized, because the Seed Drill would plant the seeds in rows, instead of just throwing the seads around like the men did.
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John Kay invented the flying shuttle, which was a very useful tool in the mills. By using a flying shuttle, a single weaver could produce a wide piece of cloth, rather than a short one. This increased revenue, and decreased the labor that the women needed to go through to produce a wide piece of cloth.
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The steam engine, created by James Watt in 1765, was very innovative for its time and was more powerful and helpful than older ideas.
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The book contains Marx and Engels' Marxist theories about society and politics, that were somewhat contreversial for their time.
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The slaves rebelled against the slave owners in the US Civil War, which ended in 1865. The US also expirienced a technological boom, with a lot of lots of inventions like the lightbulb, and a growing population that quickly used up the new goods.
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In 1870, Germany industrialized and used their coal resources. Germany also built railroads, for iron and ore. Germany also grew to be a very strong military force as well.
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The British unions all wanted to raise the pay wages and the quality of the working conditions. In 1875, the British trade unions won the right to strike peacefuly.
