The Industrial Revolution is/was an aspiring time in American History due to the fact that it allowed people to create innovations that lead others to dream for great new lives. Innovations such as the Steam Engine, Bessemer Steel Process, Light Bulb, Airplane, and Model T. Ford; lead to helping the economy, helping people have a greater number of luxuries, and jobs. The Industrial Revolution helped shape the world into what we see today. America began to have a need for manufacturing after the Revolutionary War, as their producer of manufactured goods did not part of the greatest of terms. That lead Industrial leaders to strive for new ways to harness energy, increase production speed, and value of products produced. In 1712 the steam engine was developed, and that would lead to better generation of energy. It would also be used instead of …show more content…
The first set of ships that used steam to travel up rivers, such as the Mississippi, were called Cutter’s. These ships were used to ship produced goods, like the textile’s produced by Spinning Jenny factories. Since the Spinning Jenny became so popular, it moved James Watt to look for a way to improve the steam engine. In the upgrading of the Steam Engine, and the spread of Spinning Jenny; it lead the inventors of this time period to look for new ways of producing better, and more cost effective tools. Henry Bessemer developed the ‘Bessemer Steel Process’ so that a stronger metal could be forged to be used in the creation of new factories; such as the textile companies. Another innovation that would make its way into the heart of every American household, and across the world was the light bulb. Edison not only created the light bulb, he created Direct Current. Tesla worked alongside Edison, and Tesla invented Alternating Current after watching, and working with Edison. He, and Nikola Tesla battled the energy front in the late 19th