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America in the early 1800's

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Classification Task In the pre-1812 era, one of the fastest growing enterprises in the world was America's industry. Many new things were being created. One of these inventions was the textile machine. Knowing of the British power in textile, Samuel Slater built many improved versions of the textile machines and set up many factories, allowing the textile industry to flourish. Elias Howe also developed his invention off of the textile machine, the sewing machine. Of course, sewing doesn't work without material, like cotton. In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, allowing a worker to clean cottonseeds out over 300 times faster than before. Another important part of industry was farming. Many innovations were made to help make farming more efficient. The main tool used by farmers was the plow. Originally, the plow was made of wood. However, in 1797, Charles Newbold invented the iron plow to make plowing faster. Many ideas...

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