Fulton's Folly and Other Inventions

Overview

• Slater's Textile Mill
• cotton gin
• interchangeable parts
• mass production
• sewing machine
• telegraph
• Lowell Mills
• McCormick’s Reaper
• Clinton’s Ditch
• Factory system
• Fulton's Folly

Slater's Textile Mill

• Known as the begining of the American Industrial Revolution
• First to begin 'mass producing' cotton thread

Cotton Gin

• Removed Cotton seeds from Cotton
• Increased Slave numbers
• Replaced the number one cash crop

Interchangeable Parts

• Made things A lot easier
• The unskilled could mass produce

Mass production

• The unskilled workers and workers could produce skilled objects with ease
• Increased supply to satisfy a high demand

Sewing Machine

• An alternative way to create clothes
• first used for factories
• then used for homeuse

Telegraph

• Long distance communication
• Used mostly by government officials

Lowell Mills

• Mass production of cloth
• beginings of work reforms and Labor Unions

McCormick's Reaper

• An effective way to harvest a larger amount of wheat for profit
• Often increased the size of the farm that people maintained

Clinton's Ditch

• A way for Ships to get from the ocean, into the lakes and rivers inland
• Canal for transportation of goods

Factory System

• Manufacturing of goods
• Small groups supporting several machines
• quicken speed of production to keep up with demand
• Also som support from Labor reform movements

What is a Fulton's Folly?

• An early Steamboat made by Robert Fulton
• (Clermont)Used to go upstream from New York to Albany in 1807
• Gained popularity quickly

Affects on American Economy

• It could go upstream opening up more markets for goods
• Spurred the growth of towns along rivers
• The maintenance of steamboats
• Increased income for several people

Present Model

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