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Steam
In 1750, steam was used as a major way to take the place of human labor. With it came the Industrial Revolution in England. -
City population
in 1790 New york and Philadelphia were the only cities exceeding 20,000 people -
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forging the national economy
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first cotton thread spinner was created
1st cotton thread spinner in the U.S. located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1791), they process prepared cotton into yarn or thread -
1st U.S. textile factory
The first textile factory was built by Samuel Slater in 1791 -
cotton gin
eli whitnet invents the first cotton gin. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds.it was first patented in 1794. -
musket parts
whitney develops interchangeable parts for muskets, making them easier to produce and fix -
first steamboat
Robert Fulton invented the first steamboat, the Clermont in 1807.
it was 150 fifty feet long and 13 feet wide. The boat headed up river at a speed of about 5 miles per hour. -
cumberland road
construction was interupted by the war of 1812, then finally reached its final destination of Vandalia Illionois, 591 miles west, in 1839. it was the first national road in the United States. -
erie canal construction
Built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. its construction began in 1817. The canal contains 36 locks. -
Child labor
In the 1820s, many children were used as laborers in factories. -
erie canal completion
the erie canal was completed in 1825 and was 363 miles long.
It opened on October 26, 1825. -
transcontinental railroad
The first transcontinental railroad(pacific railroad) was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States. its purpose was to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing eastern U.S. rail system. -
Steel plow
John Deere- produced a steel plow in 1837 which broke through the thick soil of the West. -
federal employees
in 1840 president van buren restricted federal employee's work days to 10 hours. This was the first time an American president had introduced legislation to limit the numbers of hours worked. -
telegraph
. Sent by inventor Samuel F.B. Morse on May 24, 1844, over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. it said What hath God wrought? -
irish potatoe famine
potatoe famine hits ireland, many irish moved to america, america eventually ended up with more irish than ireland itself. it was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. -
know nothing party
The know-nothing party promised to purify American politics by limiting or ending the influence of Irish Catholics and other immigrants. They saw German and Irish-catholics immigrants as hostiles. -
pony express
The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, mail, and small packages by horseback using a series of relay stations. April 3, 1860, to October 1861, it became the West's most direct means of east–west communication before the telegraph.
