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Spinning Jenny
Making and sewing clothes faster. -
Steam Engine
James Watt- Harness the energy of steam to move machinery. Used to run locomotives and steamships. -
Factory Systems
Samuel Slater- Mass production of goods. Faster production of stuff needed. Put more workers and the machines in the same buildings. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney- Helped remove the seeds from the cotton. Made producing cotton easier, faster, and less painful. -
Interchangeble Parts
Eli Whitney- Allowed to make the same products from other parts of the same product and other products too. -
National Roads
Albert Gallatin- Allowed people to move about the country easier and settle in new areas. -
Steamboats
Robert Fulton- Faster water trasportation. -
Erie Canals
Dewitt Clinton- Transports ships and goods. Brought the Great Lakes to use for the Metropolitan market. Strenghten bonds between the north and west. Opened up unsetled regions. -
Lowell Mills
Francis Cabot Lowell- Girls came to work 12 hours a day and lived in boarding houses. Increased work chances for girls. -
Steel Plow
john Deere- Turned heavy, gummy prairie sod easiy. It wasnt as much as physically. -
Telegraph
Samuel F.B Morse- Allowed instant communication between distant places. -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe- Made sewing clothes faster and cheaper. Improved too. -
Transcontinental Railroad
CPR&UPR- Connected the Atlantic and the Pacific with the same road. Improved transportation.
