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First Textile Mill
Textile mills were used to produce cotton thread and was a British invention brought over to the U.S. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented to reduce the time and cost of seperating the cotton seeds from the cotton. -
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Hesstory Timeline
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The Clermont
The first steamboat was constructed for easier travel upstream and across oceans -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 was fought by the Americans against the British and Native Americans, the British suplied natives with weapons and attacked American ships and the Americans declared war -
Election of 1812
After the war of 1812, James Madison ran for reelection and went to war with the British again to invade Canada -
Mill in Latham, Mass.
Lowell Mills was one of the most successful mills, employing young, single women and had strict rules for the boardinghouses -
Tariff of 1816
British imports started flowing in more, so congress created the Tariff of 1816 which raised the prices of imported goods, encouraging the purchases of American made products -
Election of 1816
James Monroe ran for president and won -
Turnipikes-National Road
Turnpikes are roads where users had to pay a toll, the term comes from the pikes that guards turned to let the horses through after the toll was paid. -
Railroads
The first trains were pulled by horses, but with the addition of the steam engine, trains could pull heavier loads faster -
Election of 1820
James Monroe ran for reelection and won with almost all of the electoral votes -
Workingman's Party
Troubled workers wanted a say in the government, so they organized the Workingman's Party. They wanted free public education and a ten hour work day instead of twelve -
Adams-Onis Treaty
The Adams-Onis Treaty ended Spanish claims in Oregon, and the Americans and British shared the territory. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a policy that stated that the United States would help protect new republics from European threats -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal ran 363 miles from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, lowering the cost to ship a ton of freight from Buffalo to New York City from $100 to just $4 -
Telegraph
Telegraphs were invented to quickly deliver messages to the other end of a metal wire, morse code became popular and the U.S. had 50,000 miles of telegraph wire -
Irish and German Immigrants
In Ireland, a fungus caused a potato famine and many poor Irish came to America. In Germany, after a failure at a revolution, many Germans fled to America.