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Samuel Slater invents textile mill machines
- This started the mill industry
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
- Revolutionized cotton industry (made it more efficient)
- Led to cotton boom
- Increased demand for slavery in the South
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Eli Whitney invented interchangeable parts
- Made machines easier to assemble and repair
- Made industry more profitable
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Robert Fulton invents the steamboat
- Allowed goods to be moved more easily
- Increased trade and profits
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Peter Cooper invents the first american locomotive
- Increased speed of transportation and travel
- Led to an economic boom
- Increased westward expansion
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Cyrus McCormick invents the harvesting machine reaper
- Increased wheat production because it could be cut quickly and effectively
- Beginnings of advertising market
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Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph
- Made communication easier
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John Deere invents the steel plow
- Made farming easier
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Isaac Singer invents the sewing machine
- Made clothing production more efficient