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John Hawkins wanted slaves and asked London Business men to contribute.
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Jamestown is important because it was the first successful settlement in America.
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Tobacco was a huge part of the economy and this is when it started growing.
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Cotton was a huge part of the economy from 17-19 centuries and is still a important part of the global economy today.
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Slaves did a lot of the producing and servicing. Slaves were a big part of the economy in 2 ways. The first, picking and growing the cotton. The second was they were a big part because of the Slave Trade.
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This started in 1750, because this started in Britain, America realized they had to get caught up to there brother country.
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He build many textile mills. They spun yarn for women who would use them for domestic reasons. Also for professional weavers. These mills increased the amount of yarn made at an exponetial rate,
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Cotton gin removed the seeds from cotton much faster then slaves could, becasue it took less time, it saved a lot of money and created a lot of profit.
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This was the driving force of the rise of Mills. Boost to economy.
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Slave trade has been happeneing for decades. It was a part of Americas Economy for a long time and was a huge business. It was a big boost.
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Lathes are used for shaping metal. This increased the ability to shape metal at a much faster rate.
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Growth of Coal mining increased because the demand for it increased. Thus creating new jobs and a lot of them.
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Microphone used on radio shows, was a big advance in communication.
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A German coding machine used to send messages secretly in WW2. People in America were given special jobs to intercept and decode the messgaes.
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This computer was used to make data tables of ballistic reports. Many people were given a job to work on this machine. It was a big project during the WW2.
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1949 brought a new 45 rpm record. This alowed things to be recorded.
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John Blankenbaker’s Kenbak-1 was decided on as the first personal computer. Made in 1971, it had 256 bytes of memory. The buisness was folded because of low product distribution. This proved people could own personal computers, this sparking a new age of information.
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This was an important revelatation. This was to show members at the Homebrew Computer Club that soon people can have there own computers and have the power to do great things.
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It was discovered in Caves that dated 7000 years ago.
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Tobacco use was discovered in 2010. This discovery implied that tobacco was used 2.5 million years ago in the Pleistocene Era.
