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Industrial Revolution Began
The American Industrial Revolution spread from Britain and Europe to the United States during the late 18th century, before the War of 1812. It was, and still is a time of great prosperity that forever changed America, and it's future. -
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American Industrial Revolution
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Slater Mills built
The first succesful textile mill, owned by Samuel Slater, who is also known as the Father of the America Industrial Revolution. These mills are located on Rhode Island. -
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
Cotton gin, short for cotton engine, was invented by Eli Whitney to make cleaning cotton easier. This way plantation owners could get more cotton, and more money! -
Eli Whitney invents interchangable parts
Interchangable parts are identical parts, allowing easier and simpler assembly of any device of the same type. It was crucial to the introduction of an assembly line. -
Robert Fulton invents steamboat
Ushered America into a new era of transportation. This boat traveled incredibly fast, at least in that era. -
Cyrus McCormick invents mechanical reaper
The mechanical reaper could harvest more grain than 5 men using earlier cradles. It was a drastic improvement, and made tedious field work less tedious! -
John Deere invents lightweight plow with steel cutting edge
Made preparing ground much less work for heavy Midwestern soil. -
Samuelf F. B. Morse demonstrates telegraph
This machine sent long and short pulses of electricity along a wire. These pulses could be translated into letters of a message. With this new invention, it took only seconds to communicate with someone in another city. -
American Industrial Revolution Ends
The end of one of the greatest eras in history!
