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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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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.
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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!
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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.
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Ushered America into a new era of transportation. This boat traveled incredibly fast, at least in that era.
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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!
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Made preparing ground much less work for heavy Midwestern soil.
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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.
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The end of one of the greatest eras in history!
