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Steamboat
Robert Fulton invented the steamboat, which could travel faster and go upstream. John Fitch built four more steamboats, but they were expensive to build and to operate but they failed because they were way to expensive. That's when Robert built an boat but unlike John Fitch, he was successful. -
Textile Mills
Samuel Slater took his skills in designing and constructing factories to New England. Samuel Slater was called the "Father of the Factory System". Textile mills(factories) turned cotton from South into manufactured cloth. -
Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separate cotton fibers from their seeds. Cotton Gin was invented to speed up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. The plantation owners could turn a large profit on the use of slave labor because of the cotton gin. -
Interchangeable Parts
Interchangeable parts are parts to manufactured products were made to be identical. Parts of the products could be replaced instead of the whole product. In July 1801 he built ten guns, all containing the same exact parts and mechanisms. -
National Road
National roads is the first major interstate highway, over 600 miles long expanding roads connected western farms to cities. The purpose of the National roads to reach the western settlements. -
Erie Canal
Erie Canals were built in New York, connecting western farmers to cities(connected to Great lakes). It ran about 363 miles from Albany Canals were artificial rivers built to increase water transportation. -
Mechanical Reaper
The mechanical reaper was invented by Cyrus McCormick. It was invented so famers could harvest larger pieces of land. McCormick's reaper could cut more wheat in a day than a half-dozen farmhands. -
steel pow
John Deere invented the steel pow so that farmers could pow larger pieces of land. The soil was different than that of the East and wood plows kept breaking. He solved the problems of the plains. -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe invented the first American sewing machine. It helped turn manufactured cloth into clothing. He helped revolutionize garment manufacture in the factory and in the home.
