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Textile Mills were invented by Samuel Slater. Textile mill factories turned cotton into cloth in the south. This helped with the industrial revolution a lot.
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Created by Eli Whitney. This invention processed cotton 50 times faster than the slaves did. Eli thought that the Cotton Gin would reduce the need for slavery but it didn't.
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Created by Eli Whitney. This made multiple parts of same products so that they wouldn't need to replace the whole item. This increased factory businesses.
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The National Roads were invented by President Thomas Jefferson. The national roads allowed more and easy travel to be done within the United States.
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The Steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton. This allowed sailors to sail smother and quicker on water to help transport goods.
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The Erie Canal was made by Robert Fulton. These were built to increase water transportation.
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The Mechanical Reaper was built by Cyrus McCormick. Because of the mechanical reaper, farmers could harvest larger pieces of land.
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This was created by Elias Howe. The sewing machine helped turn manufactured cloth into clothing. This increased the industry for cotton and cloth.
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The steel plow was invented by John Deere. Because of the steel plow, farmers could now plow larger pieces of land.
