The purpose of the steam boat was as a freight service. This helped the spread of the new ideas and led to a wider market, which accelerated change even more. It was 14 meters long and was invented in 1787 by John Fitch in the United States. John was born in 1743 in Connecticut. He did not receive a lot of educatuíon, because of the fact that his family ran a farm, which stopped him from studying. He started inventing, after he ran away from the farm, to learn about clockmaking. This led him to a career of inventing a steam boat. The idea to make the steamboat came from the invention of the steam engine, which was a source of power used in many machines. In 1776, James Watt, a Scottish instrument-maker, made a revolutionary invention, the steam engine. The machine burns coal, which release energy, to power machines, such as trains or boats. Both these revolutions revolutionised the lifestyle of the people living in the urbanized areas (Garcia,
The purpose of the steam boat was as a freight service. This helped the spread of the new ideas and led to a wider market, which accelerated change even more. It was 14 meters long and was invented in 1787 by John Fitch in the United States. John was born in 1743 in Connecticut. He did not receive a lot of educatuíon, because of the fact that his family ran a farm, which stopped him from studying. He started inventing, after he ran away from the farm, to learn about clockmaking. This led him to a career of inventing a steam boat. The idea to make the steamboat came from the invention of the steam engine, which was a source of power used in many machines. In 1776, James Watt, a Scottish instrument-maker, made a revolutionary invention, the steam engine. The machine burns coal, which release energy, to power machines, such as trains or boats. Both these revolutions revolutionised the lifestyle of the people living in the urbanized areas (Garcia,