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Allowed cotton fibers to be spun into cotton thread.
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Increased the profitablility of cotton and increased the number of plantations
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Made transportation easier. Allowed more production of products because more could be shipped.
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Gave settlers a faster way of transportation to travwel west.
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Allowed information to travel across long distances nearly instantly.
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Allowed mass production of clothing.
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Allowed faster production of printed materials
