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- Developed in 1836, opened in
1844 between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
- known as Morse Code,
- Expanded with railroad, which acted as telegraph stations
- cut time from days to minutes
- led to development of telephone

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After the steamboat people were not only able to travel from one place to another, but expand their industry and sell their products in other areas, where it had a higher demand.

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- Population expansion in U.S. and UK

- Need for communication that could cover great distances

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Before towns were disconnected from each other, which means they could not exchange good with major cities.

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The Cotton Gin made production faster, cotton production rose from 4,000 bales in 1790 to 1,400,000 bales in 1840.
However this invention increased slavery, since the demand for cotton grew around the world, especially in the United Stated.
A person could produce 50 times the amount of cotton previously produced.
Farms started to demand this product.

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This process, also known as the "Waltham-Lowell System" reduced the cost of cotton, since it could be obtained faster and at larger quantities.

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His collection of inventions made the flour finer and easier to store. He revolutionized the flour-mill business because his inventions made it so that the entire flour mill could be run by one person.
Save money on workers.

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Before the cotton seeds needed to be picked out by hand which took time, and wasn't very efficient for the mass producing factories or companies.

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The demand for cotton was due to the fact that it could be turned into cloth later, used in clothes. However turning cotton into cloth was very hard work that required many workers and steps. Not enough to supply the demand.
Before people did it in their houses, but it wasn't very efficient.

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Flour mills required a lot of work. Labourer's had to carry the flour pour the bags into a tub, and hoist the bags up a floor. After that, workers had to rake the flour and load them onto wagons. This made flour production of man-work that required a lot of manpower.

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Series of dots and dashes that could be transmitted electrically to communicate

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A bout powered by steam, in order to transport people along the rivers.

A steam engine built by James Watt, he was able to use the engine to power a 133-foot steamboat, the Clermont.

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Cotton Gin had teeth that pulled the cotton fiber and separated the seeds.

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This machine could weave thread into cloth. This meant raw cotton could be made into cloth under the same roof.

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Consisted of several inventions that created the mill:
- a grain elevator that raised the flour vertically using pulleys.
- conveyor belts that moved the flour through the mill, transporting the flour from machine to machine.
- "hopper boy" that cooled and raked the flour.