Visual Telegraph, Cotton Gin, Hydraulic Press

Claude Chappe was born in France in 1763. The Chappe Brothers designed visual telegraphs for use during the war in France. The idea was transformed into the electric telegraph that ended the pony express, strengthening the railroad industry.

Eli Whitney was born in 1765 in Massachusetts. He went to Yale for college. He couldn't go to law school because he ran out of money. Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin. Different people groups tried removing seeds from cotton by hand. When the Cotton Gin was invented, it sped up cotton processing approximately 20 times. The Cotton Gin led to the civil war and the rise of American manufacturing.

The Hydraulic Press spread throughout the machine tool industry. The press was used in America to process certain crops. The press helped turn soybeans into a major American food crop.