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Many seeds failed to take root and he solved the problem with an invention called the seed drill.
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He made a shuttle that sped back and forth on wheels.
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Watt figured out a way to make the steam engine work faster and more efficiently while buring less fuel.
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He combined features of the spinning jenny and the water frame to produce the spinning rule.
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William Cockerill illegally made his way to Belgium.
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They sought to control every aspect of their own industries in order to make big profits.
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Women led reform movements to address for social issues.
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During the War, Britain blackaded forced the young country to use its own resources to develop independent industries.
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Francis Cabot Lowell of Boston and four other investors revolutionized the American textile industry.
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It had become a booming manufacturing center and a model for other such towns.
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Robert Owen found a cooperative community called New Harmony.
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Trials were held to choose the best locomotive for use on the new line.
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In France, sustained industrial growth occured.
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Britain finally abolished slavery in its empire.
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A New England painter, first sent electrical signals over a telegraph.
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Elizabeth Gaskell's mary Barton is a work of fiction.
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Many states were starting public schooling and it was free.
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The United States remained primarily agricultural until the Civil War ended.