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The Industrial Revolution began in 1790 in England (United Kingdom).The industrial revolution was important because it was a time were there many new inventions. A very famous inventor was Eli Whitney because he had created the cotton gin, he also created a machine to help the government out of being low on guns. He told the government that he would make 10,000 muskets in 28 months, but he ended up finishing his bet almost 10 years late. The industrial revolution involved hard work, people were working hours (more than half a day) and weren’t getting paid enough for the textile industries and sawmills which England was famous for. People were in debt and many other people weren’t doing enough to get more money like Eli Whitney. He became a debt person as well because someone had stolen his invention, the cotton gin. Even though he had a patent on it! Many things happened that were exciting, or horrifying to the people of the historic event in the early 1700’s into the 1800’s in England.

Industry began to change and develop in this county by people began to go more places. It didn’t take long to travel to a place. Other people found out about the machines by people giving other people the ideas. The ideas of transportation spread through the country. People began to go on steam boats because it took them to the other side of a river or to go down a river some people might even fish off the boat. Some people that were against slavery they built a space under their wagon were they would hide slaves. They would bring them to freedom the slaves no longer were slaves they were free people.

The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad began in the 1830s. Although the transcontinental railroad was great achievement for America, not everyone supported it. Farmers, ranchers and Native Americans were just some of the people who did not want the railroad to be built. Although the trains interrupted their lives, they still wanted the railroad so that they could travel to faraway places. The “Big Four” was a big part of building the railroad. They helped Ted Judah develop the railroad by giving him money and sending him to Washington D.C. to ask the government for land. Though the workers completed the railroad, they faced many problems, such as sicknesses and dieses. Many of the people who worked on the railroad were Chinese. This was because the Chinese would work just as well for less money and knew how to use explosive powder. The final track was laid on May 10, 1869.