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U.S. economy
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Agriculter
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Start
Planters like Thomas Jefferson were eager to disseminate long forgotten principles of scientific farm management to his peers. -
Near Water
Farmers near water transportation grow some cash crops for trade this helps with faster prodution -
Shays Rebelion
Shay's Rebellion, a farmers' revolt against deflation 1791 First National Bank chartered -
Cash Crop
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, which contributes to the success of cotton as a Southern cash crop -
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industrial
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Eli Whitney
the cotton gin which made the separation of cotton seeds from fiber much faster -
Embargo Act of 1807
Embargo Act which stopped the export of American goods and effectively ended the import of goods from other nations -
Ford's Creation
the assembly line which made manufacturing more efficient -
The Need
U.S. population increased during the 18th and 19th centuries so did the need to feed this growing population. -
A transcontinental railroad
Railroads further opened the west and connected raw materials to factories and markets. -
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Information technology
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windows
Douglas Englebart demonstrates ‘windows’ and mouse in San Francisco. -
Microsoft
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft -
eCommerce
First eCommerce (shopping malls and banks) arrive on the Web, and Web traffic second only to FTP-data transfers. Linux 1.0 open source operating system released. -
The Tech
The Machines are geting more productive and faster.
