The Influence of Technology In American History

Since the beginning of our race, we humans have distinguished ourselves by our ability to think and survive, to reason, and to build and fashion tools that help make our life easier. Technology in the first 70 years of our nations history started off very rapidly. One of the most important developments of
this time was our transportation methods, this started off with the steam engine.
The first practical steam engine (one that could not only run itself but actually run another machine as well) was invented by James E. Watt, a middle aged, Scottish engineer. …