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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:self-made man| a term for someone who rises from poverty or the working class to build his own business or profession; the "self-made man" was a democratic ideal of the idea that all men are created equal and can thus be whatever they want to be}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:self-made man| a term for someone who rises from poverty or the working class to build his own business or profession; the "self-made man" was a democratic ideal of the idea that all men are created equal and can thus be whatever they want to be}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Samuel Sellars & Sellers family| Philadelphia industrialists who invented a machine to produce yarn, then created mills and machines to mass produce leather, paper, and wire, and, ultimately, railroad locomotives; the family helped found the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia that published technical papers, provided instructions for teaching math and science, and organized exhibits of industrial products and technologies}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Samuel Sellars & Sellers family| Philadelphia industrialists who invented a machine to produce yarn, then created mills and machines to mass produce leather, paper, and wire, and, ultimately, railroad locomotives; the family helped found the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia that published technical papers, provided instructions for teaching math and science, and organized exhibits of industrial products and technologies}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Samuel Slater| English mechanic who in 1789 immigrated to the United States, bringing with him textile machinery and manufacturing techniques that were adopted by cotton mills in Rhode Island and, alter, elsewhere; Slater's importance, along with Francis Lowell, who also brought British industrial techniques to the US, is that he helped American factories compete with those of the British}}</ul></ | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Samuel Slater| English mechanic who in 1789 immigrated to the United States, bringing with him textile machinery and manufacturing techniques that were adopted by cotton mills in Rhode Island and, alter, elsewhere; Slater's importance, along with Francis Lowell, who also brought British industrial techniques to the US, is that he helped American factories compete with those of the British}}</ul></li> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:transportation revolution| before canals, roads and railroads, cities and commerce were dependent on useful natural routes, such as rivers, coastlines and natural paths; canals connected larger waterways; developed roads created more efficient paths across land, and railroads created the ability to move large loads across the land; these developments connected markets, attracted investment and development of land, and fueled the economic, political and demographic growth of the nation}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:transportation revolution| before canals, roads and railroads, cities and commerce were dependent on useful natural routes, such as rivers, coastlines and natural paths; canals connected larger waterways; developed roads created more efficient paths across land, and railroads created the ability to move large loads across the land; these developments connected markets, attracted investment and development of land, and fueled the economic, political and demographic growth of the nation}}</ul></li> | ||