The invention of the century
Steamboat
The inventor
Robert Fulton was born November 14, 1765, in Lancaster County, Pa. His father worked at farming, among other jobs, and died when Robert was a small boy. By the age of 10 Robert showed promise as an artist and was employed by local gunsmiths to make designs for their work. At 17 he went to Philadelphia, the cultural center of the Atlantic seaboard, and spent 4 years making portraits and doing miniatures. Financially successful, he was able to buy a farm near the city for his mother. After another 4 years, Robert went and desgined the very first steamboat in May, 1792.
Robert was the only known inventor for the steam boat.
How did the steamboat run?
(1792-1805) steamboat
(1807-1834) steamboat
1835- steamboat
what was the purpose of this invention?
Where and when did the steamboat occur?
The first crew!!
The need for this invention!
the importance of the steamboat in history!
BIBLIOGARPHY
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Infobase Learning - Login." Infobase Learning - Login. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. <http://online.infobaselearning.com/Direct.aspx?aid=104785&pid=WE00>.
Steamboat Act of 1852." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Student Resources in Context. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
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