America's Growth

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  • John Fitch lanched the first American steam boat

    John Fitch lanched the first American steam boat

    John Fitch, was an American inventor, who, in 1787, built the first recorded steam-powered boat in the United States
  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

    Invention of the Cotton Gin

    In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.The cotton gin is a mechanical device which removes the seeds from cotton, a process which had been extremely labor intensive
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney,_Jr.#Cotton_gin.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Jefferson initiated the purchase by sending Livingston to Paris in 1801,
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
  • Webster Dictionary

    Webster Dictionary

    Today, Websters dictionary is used by billons of people.