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made many contributions to the American economy. Fulton was the American inventor who brought steamboating from its mere experimental stage to its complete and successful stage. Fulton was born on Nov. 14, 1765 in Lancaster County, P.A. He was the son of Irish immigrants. He and his family moved to America the loss of an unproductive f ...

Part two of term paper
... by many people and soon they were eager to sponsor him. While Fulton continued with his painting, it was not a successful living for him. He soon became well acquainted with boats and had a liking for them. He worked with inventions for propelling boats. He felt that several revolving paddles and stern would be most effective. After this, Fulton permanently changed his career towards canal engineering. He worked on extending the canal system by his Treatise on the Improvement of Canal ...