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Christopher Columbus reaches to the Caribbean and because of the exploration Europeans gain knowledge of "The New World". Christopher Columbus exploration will also lad to future settlements that are establised
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The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown which is the first permanent settlement in America.
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The first Colonial saltworks was establish in Virginia and was important because salt is needed to preserve food
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In the seventeenth century tannery's were used for slaughtering animals washing the hides and eventually making leather out of them
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Joseph Jenks was issued the American Mechanical patent giving him exclusive right for 14 years to his improvements of sawmills and scythes
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In 1652 John Hull and Robert Sanderson established the first mint in Colonial America.A mint is a place where money is made
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Pine trees in the New England colonies were used to make ships
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In 1691 Peter Jacob Guerard made a pendulum machine for rice hauling.The machine was unsuccessful but it was one of the earliest attempts at mechanize rice processing
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Benjamin Harris was the first person to have printed work employing color
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In 1697 a three span arch bridge known as the Frankford Avenue bridge was built.This bridge is the oldest bridge still standing today
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The first ironworks in the colonies is opened in Baltimore to supply the British market
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The first Foundry in Colonial America was founded in Germanstown
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The Franklin Stove was used as a fireplace to keep people's homes warmed
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Thomas Clap became president of Yale College he reorganizes the curriculum to focus more on science
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In 1750 John Adam Dagyr introduce improved techniques for shoemaking which would make high quality shoes which would cause Massachusetts to be America's shoemaking center
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A Scottish tinsmith named Edward Pattison settles in Connecticut and introduced tinsmithing to the colonies which would make Connecticut the center of the eighteenth century tin manufacture
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Benjamin Franklin believed that sharp objects caused lighting to dissipate instead of concentration in a lightning bolt.Franklin suggested lightning rods are used to protect buildings from lightning strikes and to hold electricity
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Sugar Cane cultivation is introduced in Louisiana
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In 1751 Philadelphia establish public streetlights made out of whale oil
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The Society of Arts is founded in London. The society was founded to improve technology in Britain and The Colonies by circulating technological information and offering prizes for new ideas
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The Society of Arts announced its first premium for American Industry on silk
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Flooding in the Schuyer copper mine caused mine owners import a steam engine from England to America to pump the water out this is the first steam engine in America
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An Englishman named Thomas Stephens promotes Potash making in the colonies which can be used for soap.
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The Honorable Mechanical Company of Baltimore was founded
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In 1772 John Hobday invents the threshing machine.The threshing machine is farming equipment that separates grain from the rest of the sheaf
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William and Mary college was the first college to have a course in Chemistry
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A Yale student named David Bushnell built a one man submarine for The Revolutionary war
