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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
Before the new seed drill, farmers scattered seeds across the land, which was wasteful. The new seed drill sowed seeds in neat rows and at specific depths. -
John Kay invents flying shuttle
The Flying Shuttle made textile making easier by doubleing the work a weaver could do in a day. The flying shuttle was a boat shaped piece of wood with yarn attached. -
James Watt builds the first steam engine
James Watt, an inventor, built a new and improved steam engine that was faster and burned less fuel. He was funded by Boulton, an entrepreneur. -
Marx and Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto"
Marx and Engels write about how much the poor suffer and how everyone should work for each other instead of themselves. -
US Civil War ends; US experiences technological boom
Because of abundant nautral resources, America was bale to industrialize. Moses Brown opened the first textile factory (like in England, textiles were the first thing to get modernized) in Rhode Island and by 1890, railroads were everywhere. -
Germany becomes dominant industrial power in Europe
Although it was polotically divided, Germany beame industrialized by importing British equipment and building railroads. After a while, it became unified and an industrial force to be reckoned with. -
British Unions win the right to strike
In Unions, if workers weren't being paid enough or had poor working conditions, they had the right to strike (not do any work) until the factory owners would give them better wages and working conditions.
