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Steam Engine
It decreased amount of time shipping things accross the country -
The Great Northern War Ends
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Conestoga Wagon is developed in Pennsylvania
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Boston Massacre
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Thomas Jefferson begins building Monticello, his house in Virginia.
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Boston Tea Party
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Cotton Gin
It made cotton farming more efficient -
Federal Bankruptcy Law
It is a legal process for debtors seeking to eliminate or repay their debts. -
Telephone
It made it easier for people to communicate -
1st National Rail Strike
Most railroads east of the Mississippi cut wages by 10% without warning anybody. Workers on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike the next day. Eventually most of the eatern railraods went on strike and spread throughout the country. -
Airplane
More transportation, easier to get to places -
Black Thursday
The biggest stock market crash, beginning of the great depression -
The Great Depression
Stock marcket crashed -
Unemployment Assistance Act
Federal shoring costs of 50% -
9/11
Many financial businesses were affected by 9/11 because their headquarters were inside the twin towers and important things were lost. -
Great Recession
Housing market crashed -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Provided tax cuts, save exesting jobs and create new ones