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Industrial Revolution Timeline
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Water Frame
-Samuel Slater
-Started mill industry -
Cotton Gin
-Eli Whitney
-Led to cotton boom
-Revolutionized cotton industry
-Increased demand for slavery in the South -
Interchangeable Parts
-Eli Whitney
-Made machines easier to assemble and repair
-Made industry more profitable -
Steamboat
-Robert Fulton
-Allowed goods to be moved more easily
-Increased trade and profits -
Locomotive (In America)
-Peter Cooper
-Increased speed of transportation and travel
-Led to economic boom
-Increased westward expansion -
Harvesting Machine Reaper
-Cyrus McCormick
-Increased wheat production because it would cut quickly and effectively
-Beginnings of advertising market -
Telegraph
-Samuel F. B. Morse
-Made communication easier -
Steel Plow
-John Deere
-Made farming easier -
Sewing Machine
-Isaac Singer
-Made clothing production more efficient
