In the 1700's people began producing products in a brand new way. This was thanks to the amazing inventions that people made. During this period, growth in the cities begane to grow. The factories sprouted up everywhere. People used to work on the farms , but it became hard to compete with big farms, so some people moved to the cities to work in the factories. This great time is known as the Industrial Revolution. Steamboat, …showed first 75 words of 702 total…

…showed last 75 words of 702 total…Constructed with poor quality materials, the boilers were prone to explosions. The breakthrough came at the end of the 19th Century, when steel was first used to fashion a more pressure-resistant boiler. The train, however, had in the meantime emerged as the transportation mode of choice throughout the continent, relegating such celebrated steamboats as the Natchez, the Robert E. Lee and the 37-meter (122 feet) long and 8-meter (26 feet) wide Chaperon to the annals of history.