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Steamboat
Steamboats were invented by Robert Fulton, the steamboat can go up stream and travel faster. Also, products could be shipped faster on water -
Textile Mills
Invented by Samuel Slater, textile mills were factories that turned cotton from the south into manufactured cloth, people had high demand for it and kept factories in business. -
cotton gin
invented by Eli Whitney, it could process cotton 50 times faster, i could process. In one hour, the cotton gin did as much work as several slaves could do in a day. -
Interchangeable Parts
this helped the economy because when an item was broken there were only pieces off that item that need to be replaced, which cost cheaper then to replace the whole item at full price. -
National Road
These were roads that connected from state to state, they made traveling from the east to the west quicker. This road was the first federally funded road in history. Built from 1811 to 1834 -
Erie Canal
Canals were artificial rivers build to increase water transportation, the Canals connected from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, build by Erie Canal -
Mechanical Reaper
the mechanical reaper was important because farmers could harvest larger pieces of land in a shorter amount of time, invented by Cyrus McCormick -
Steel Plow
the steal plow was a very important invention because farmers could plow larger land in a shorter amount of time, this saved a lot of time for farmers. -
Sewing Machine
The sewing machine helped manufactured cloth into clothing in less time then by hand, making clothes was 10 times quicker, invented by Elias Howe
