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Steam Engines
-Invented by Thomas Savery.
-Engines powered by steam from boiling water.
-Impact:Increased western settlement due to improved transportation; increased factory development in new areas. -
Spinning/Sewing machine
- Invented by Eias Howe and James greaves -Used to weave cloth and sewing clothig. -Increased clothing industry production, and need for cotton.
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Factory Systems
-Invented by Sameul slator
-"All steps of manufacturing occured in one location(Mostly New England).
-Increased City growth,job oppratunities, and brought people together. -
Cotton Gin
Made picking cotton easier, faster and more efficient.
Also made clothse cheaper.
- Invented by Elie Whitney -
Interchangable parts
-Invented by Eli Whitney
-Parts that could be switched and were exactly alike(interchanging).
-Impact:Faster Production, easier and cheaper, decreased need of labor. -
National roads
Road built from Maryland to Virginia. They made delivery and transportation easier all around the countrey.
- invented by Albert Gallatin -
Steamboats
-Invented by Robert Fulton.
- Made water transportation easier and faster because they could travel upstream. -
Erie canals
-Invented by Calhoun
-A waterway that linked New York City with Buffalo.
-Made transportation of farm products and developement and developement westward expansion easier. -
Textile/Lowell Mills
-Invented by Francis Cabot Lowell.
-Girls worked 12 hours a day and slept in boarding homes(like slaves).
-Increased job opprotunity for young unmarried woman, and put some workers in danger. -
Steel plow
-Invented by John Deere
-"A light weight plow with a sturdy steel blade designed for heavier soils."
-It was faster and increased farm production. -
Telegraph
-Invented by Sameul F.B. Morse
-A communication source (morse code) between people far from one another.
-Made messages deliver faster. -
Transcontinental railroad
-Invented by central pacific railroad and Union Pacific railroad.
-Connected Atlantic and Pacific coast.
-Improved transportation of all kind.
