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Water Frame
Created by: Samuel Slater
Started mill industry -
Cotton Gin
Created by: Eli Whitney
Revolutionized cotton industry
Led to cotton boom
Increased demand for slavery in south -
Interchangeable Parts
Created By: Eli Whitney
Made machines easier to assemble and repair
Made industry more profitable -
Steamboat
Created by Robert Fulton
Allowed goods to be moved easily
increased trade and profits -
Locomotive (America)
By: Peter Cooper
increased speed of transportation
led to economic boom
increased westward expansion -
Harvesting Machine Reaper
By: Cyrus Mcormick
Increased wheat production
Beginnings of advertising market -
Telegraph
By: Samuel F.B. Morse
Made communication easier -
Steel Plow
By: John Deere
Made farming easier -
Sewing Machine
By: Isaac Singer
Made clothing production more efficient