INVENTIONS
Industrial Revolution
ROBERT FULTON
- invented the steam boat
- travel upstream against current; unlocked the potential of the Mississippi River Basin for moving people and goods; revolutionize Trans Atlantic Travel
SAMUEL SLATER
- invented nations first water powered textile mill; produced cotton thread
- lead to so-called family system: where entire family worked in factory and lived in villages owned by factory owner
ELI WHITNEY
- created the cotton gin
cotton production increased and all parts would fit the same product
SAMUEL F. B. MORSE
- invented electric telegraph
- allowed for messages to travel instantly
JOHN DEERE
- invents steel plow
- improve farming