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The invention of the Spinning Jenny allowed for increased productivity in the textile industry, with more cloth and yarn being processed faster.
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James Watt invents the Steam Engine, improving future transport and urbanization due to the need for workers.
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George Washington's time as the first President of the United States. He sets the standards for everything that is to come in the later years, including the two-term limit.
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Eli Whitney invents and patents the Cotton Gin, allowing for the faster reprocessing of cotton, and increasing the demand for slaves in the south.
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John Adams is elected as America's second president for one term, following the ideals that Washington had left behind.
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Thomas Jefferson is president for two terms, sending out the Lewis and Clark expedition, promoting westward expansion, and placing into effect The Embargo Act.
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Lewis and Clark, along with many unnamed others, set out upon a journey to reach the West Coast of America, and then return, the whole time mapping and recording their journey.
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James Madison is president, having written the Bill of Rights, he was widely known. One of the highlights of his presidency was crushing a corrupt 'First Bank of the United States'.
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James Monroe is president at this time, He dealt with both good and bad times; the "Era of Good Feelings", and the "Panic of 1809" respectively.
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John Quincy Adams has been elected president, supporting the "American System", proposed by Henrry Clay- pushing for a national market where the entire nation would participate.
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Andrew Jackson has been elected to presidency, known during wartime as "Old Hickory", for his resemblence to a Hickory tree- strong and unwavering.
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Martin Van Buren has been elected to Presidency, assisting in the creation of the two-party system; Democrats and Republicans.
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John Tyler is made president due to William Henry Harrison's death. This event was one of his biggest contribution to the United States; setting a precedent regarding succession.
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Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, allowing for communication across vast territories very quickly.
