Robert Fulton

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Eli Whitney

He made a cotton gin which made cotton and pull seeds out of it. This made the cotton industry a lot more efficient.

Lowell System factory workers

In the Lowell factories young women were put to work for no cost and no pay to work at Lowell's factories.

Industrialization

Industrialization is when our economy grew and new inventions were made, such as the steamboat and factories to improve efficiency of farming.

Morse Code

Morse code was a new language created by a man named Samuel Morse. He industrialized the messaging system and created a way to speak during war and give codes before better technology was invented.

Transportation Revolution

Railroads were invented, these were very efficient ways of transportation. Steamboats were also made more efficient . Canals also were created to have ships pass better and have better routes.

Robert Fulton

Robert fulton invented the first steamboat. His boat to travel up and down the stream.

Factories

The factories were made for efficient cotton making. These factories were the next big step in our economy in the late 1700's.

Daily life during Industrialization

The lowell women underwent labor, and made the women have more independence and was the first step into them having better jobs.

Steam boat

The steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton, and was the first to travel up and down steam. These were very efficient in there time.

Telegraph

The telegraph was invented for people to send messages from long distances. The messaging system was inefficient before this and took a very long time.Morse code was then used in wars and other ways to secretly speak to each other.

Textile Industry

The textile industry underwent changes by machines being made. Converted handmade to machine made.

Locomotive

This was a transportation by steam trains. These were very efficient in there time.

Underground Railroad

a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada


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