timeline

water frame

Jan 1, 1769

allowed cotton to be spun into thread

cotton gin

Oct 28, 1793

eli whitney. picked the seeds out of the cotton

interchangeable parts

May 13, 1798

eli whitney. processed parts to make guns

steamboat

Aug 17, 1807

telegraph

Jun 20, 1810

samuel morse. first breakthrough in communication

locomotive

Aug 28, 1830

made transportaion faster

sewing machine

Sep 10, 1846

elias howe. speed up sewing