Ch.27 A Changing World
Steam and Coal in Britain
In 1769, a Scotsman named James Watt perfected a machine called a steam engine.
Coal mining, Railroads, Trains
Steam power was beginning to change life in England.
Cotton and Guns in America
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
With the help of the cotton gin, cotton growers could make more money than they ever dreamed. Plantation owners planted larger fields and bought more slaves. In the years to come, cotton would become the biggest industry of the South - and increase slavery a hundredfold.
Gun problems in the US Army.
Standardization, interchangeable, American system
