This period in US history is marked by great leaps in transportation, communication, and industrialization. Through the development of roads, railroads and canals, Americans were able to fulfill their Manifest Destiny and inhabit the western reaches of the continent. The development of the factory system and machinery for simple tasks led to the growth of the US as a world power. Widening technological gaps in the country provided a large advantage for the North during the Civil War.

1600       1650        1700         1750          1800       1850

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QT2 BIBLIOGRAPHY

FEW GOOD LINKS (many more on the site):
Barber, Phil. (2003). A Brief History of Newspapers. Historic Pages. Retrieved January 5, 2004, from: <http://www.historicpages.com/nprhist.htm>

"David Bushnell." Lemelson-MIT Program. Dept. home page. Sept. 1999. MIT School of Engineering. 26 Dec. 2003 <http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bushnelld.html>.

"John Rolfe." Jamestown Rediscovery (2003). Available December 30, 2003, from The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. <http://www.apva.org/history/jrolfe.html>

"Pieter (Petrus) van Musschenbroek". 16 Oct. 2002. 1 Jan. 2004. <http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/musschenbroek.htm>

Sahlman, Rachel. "Benjamin Franklin". Spectrum. 1 Jan. 2004. <http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Franklin.html>

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PRIMARY SOURCES:
About Inc. "Elias Howe-The Sewing Machine." 13 January 2003. <http://inventors.about.com/library/graphics/howe_patent.jpg>

About Inc. "John Fitch and his Steamboat." 01 January 2003. <http://inventors.about.com/library/graphics/steamboat.gif>

About Inc. "The History of Steamboats." 01 January 2003. <http://inventors.about.com/library/graphics/fitchsteamboat.jpg>

About Inc. "Thomas Savery-An Engine to Raise Water by Fire." 07 January 2003. <http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsavery.htm>

Bigelow, John. "Benjamin Franklin Experiments with Electricity". International History Project. 1 Jan. 2004. <http://ragz-international.com/benjamin_franklin_experiments_wi.htm>

Campbell, William. "The Life and Writings of DeWitt Clinton." <http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/campbell/contents.html>

"Facts and Observations..." <http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/
rutherford/fact1825.htm>

Lancashire Pioneers. "Richard Arkwright." 12 January 2003. <http://www.lancashirepioneers.com/arkwright/waterframebig.jpg>

Lister, Joseph.  “Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery”, 1867, <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1867lister.html>

Researches, Chemical and Philosophical, chiefly concerning Nitrous Oxide or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air and its Respiration, by Humphry Davy. London, 1800, pp. 479-556.

"Richard Arkwright, Arkwright House and the invention of the water frame". Lancashire Pioneers. 5 Jan. 2004. <http://www.lancashirepioneers.com/arkwright/house.asp>

The History of Technology Page. "The Newcomen Steam Engine." 08 January 2003. <http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/mcsele/images/newcdiag.jpg>

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