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Industrial Revolution

  • Textile Mills

    Textile Mills
    Samuel Slater invented the Textile Mills. He invented the textile mills to turned cotton from the south in to manufactured cloth.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    The Importance of the Eli Whitney Cotton Gin was that it revolutionized the cotton industry in the South by automating the seed separation process. The Eli Whitney Cotton Gin made cotton production more profitable, increased trade and the economy of the South.
  • Interchangeable Parts

    Interchangeable Parts
    Interchangeable parts, popularized in America when Eli Whitney used them to assemble muskets in the first years of the 19th century, allowed relatively unskilled workers to produce large numbers of weapons quickly and at lower cost, and made repair and replacement of parts infinitely easier. Eli Whitney invented the interchangeable parts.
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
    Robert Fulton Invented the Steamboat. The steamboat was invented because of the efficiency of a steam boat was much better than a simple paddle boat. It also saved time on things and traveled faster, farther, and could carry more loads.
  • National Road

    National Road
    National Road, stretched along 600 miles and was the first federal highway in the United States of America and originally served as the main route to the Northwest Territory. The National Road was built between 1811-1837 and served as a gateway to the West for thousands of settlers.
  • Erie Canal

    Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal was the nation's first Important transportation system connecting the Atlantic Ocean,John Quincy Adams invented Erie Canal.Farmers and industrialists had a relatively cheap and fast means of transporting their products to market.
  • Mechanical Reaper

    Mechanical Reaper
    Mechanical Reaper was invented by Cyrus McCormick. It was created to help farmers by harvesting grain faster.Continued to change the design of the Reaper and market it to increase sales.
  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow
    John Deere invented the steel plow. It was invented because, wood plows couldn't plow the rich soil of the Middle-West without breaking. John Deere thought about it and was convinced that only a plow with mound board, made of good steel that isn't rusted would solve this problem.
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine
    Elias Howe invented the Sewing Machine. The significance was to help turn manufactured cloth into clothing.