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Globalization
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Steam Powered engines
James Watt made the first steam engine and other inventors used it in their own inventions. Some other influential people were "Richard Trevithick who popularized trains series of showcasing in London, George Stephenson who become famous with this coal transporting trains and Oliver Evans who produced world first on-condensing high pressure steam engine that became standard part of all steam trains in the future." Mathew Murray was also important because he made the first steampowered Locomotive -
Steam engines
"The first man to build a steamboat in the United States was John Fitch. In 1787, Fitch built a 45-foot steamboat."(ahitstoryofsteamboats) The steamboat helped revolutionize how people travel the sea's. James Watt was the one who invented the steam engine. This also helped advance trains. It made them cheaper and more efficient. -
Telephones
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. The first call was on March 10, 1876. This made it easier for people to communicate with each other. the first words spoke where Bell to his assistant Thomas. Cell Phones are more important to peoples lives now than ever before. People rely on them for news as well as socialization. -
Cars
Karl Friedrich Benz was the first person to make a gas powered automobile. Charles Edgar Duryea and his brother Frank made the first successful gas powered automobile in 1893. These were the base for the modern automobile which shapes so much of life today. We use the car almost everyday to go to work, get food, go to school, or any daily need that isn't nearby. -
Automobile
The first gas powered car was created by Karl Friedrich Benz. He made it in 1885. The first successful car was created by Charles Edgar Duryea and his brother Frank in 1893. These cars were the basis of what modern car inventors went off of. These cars help people in their everyday life. Whether going to work or school, or even getting something from another town, people use cars. -
News
"Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927. The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth."(nyu.edu) "Guglielmo Marconi: an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895."(wsu.edu) These two inventions helped spread news and culture around the world faster. -
Radio
"Guglielmo Marconi: an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895." The radio helped advance communication. It made it faster and easier for important news to get from one place to another. Instead of waiting weeks to learn about something that has happened it took one radio broadcast. -
Television
The television was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, "a 21-year-old inventor who had lived in a house without electricity until he was 14." He first successfully presented it on September 7, 1927. This helped news spread and culture. People from other countries can now watch shows from other countries. So people from other cultures are learning and adopting parts of other cultures, like sports and other things people do in those countries.
