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- 1780:
- American mechanics in the Northeast begin to apply principles learned from the English Industrial Revolution in their innovations on tools and machines.
- 1781:
- Oliver Evans invents machines to replace human labor in flour mills.
- 1785:
- Thomas Jefferson argues against U.S. industrialization in Notes on the State of Virginia.
- 1790:
- Eighty percent of the nation's population is made up of farmers and ninety-five percent of the population lives in rural areas.
Timeline of Events- 1790:
- Congress passes the first patent law.
- 1791:
- Alexander Hamilton presents to Congress his famous Report on Manufactures, advocating industrialization of the United States.
- 1793:
- Eli Whitney submits his Cotton Pin Petition to the U.S. secretary of state. He is granted a patent one year later.
- 1798:
- Eli Whitney proposes to make 4,000 muskets for the U.S. government, using new machine-making tools and interchangeable parts.
- 1807:
- Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, makes its maiden voyage from New...
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