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The invention of the wheel was very influential in the evolution of modern transportation. The wheel allowed to people to move objects by placing them on a cart and rolling it around.Everything involved with transportation, with the exception of boats and walking, somehow uses the wheel. The date that the wheel was invented is unknown, but it happened around 3500BC.
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In 2000BC, people started to use horses to travel around. Riding a horse is much easier and much more time efficient than walking.
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In 1492, Leonardo da Vinci came up with an idea of transportation by means of flying. He had over 100 drawings and scale models that showed his theories.
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In 1662, Blaise Pascal. It was a horse drwan carriage that could hold up to 20 people. It had a normal route, fare system, and schedule.
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In 1783, Marquis Claude Fracois de Jouffroy d'Abbans presented his idea of the first paddle operared boat.
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In 1783, the Montgolfier Brothers invent the first hot air balloon.
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John Fitch had the first successful trial of the Steamboat in 1787.
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In 1801, Richard Thevithick invented the first steam powered locomotive. (DESIGNED FOR ROADS.)
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In 1807, Isaac de Rivas invented the first hydrogen gas powered vehicle. However it was a very unsuccessful design
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In 1839, Scottish inventor Kirkpatrick MacMillan invented the bicycle.
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The wright Brothers invent and fly the first airplane.
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Henry Ford invents the assembly line, making it easy for automobiles to be mass produced.
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Alexander Grahm Bell and Casey Baldwin invent the hydrofoil boat.
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Henry Ford assembled the firts Model T in Detroit, Michigan on October 1st, 1908.
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Airplanes were put into use during World War One. Planes have evolved from jets in war, to vehicles used to transport people over long distances.
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Robert H. Goddard invented and launched the first liquid fueled rocket in 1926.
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The public bus made it easy for trasporting many people at one time.
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In 1940, Paul Cornu invented the first safe helicopter.
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In 1947, Gene May flew the first supersonic jet.
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The Subways were invented to transport people quickly and easily through big cities.
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The Sports Car is just a fancy way to travel. It looks cooler and goes faster than normal cars.
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In 1956, Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft.
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In 1964, Japanese inventor Hideo Shima invented the Bullet Train.
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In 1969, Niel Armstrong led the first manned mission to the moon.
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The Modern Sports Car was made so people could look cooler while they drive, and to go faster. Also to make them spend way tpo much money on a car.
