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| people left their homes on farms to work in the mills and earn wages. began around 1800 first in New England |
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| a system under which people put (invest) their capital (money) into businesses in hopes of making a profit |
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| inventor of the cotton gin. removed seeds from cotton as fast as 50 people could by hand. |
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| also invented by Eli Whitney. identical machine parts (like the spring in a mechanical pencil) that could be put together quickly to make a complete product. less skilled labor, reduced price, and mass scale |
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| genius who invented the steam boat and greatly influenced travel. hired by robert livingston. he wanted boat to carry cargo up hudson river from new york city to Albany. his steamboat was named the Clermont |
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| the first steamboat (invented by Robert Fulton) to go upstream the Mississippi |
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