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Robert Fulton invented the steamboat, allowing for trade to be much simpler since boats were not only able to travel down stream, but they were now able to travel up stream.
The Nautilus. In 1801, a U.S. inventor contracted with France to build that country a submarine. France had known of the previous work Fulton had accomplished & believed he was the right man for the job.
He invented the first successful steamboat.
European inventors tried to build steam powered boats since around 1700, but American engineer Robert Fulton built the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807 .
In 1807, Fulton (with help) built the first commercial steamboat, the North RiverSteamboat (later known as the Clermont), which carried passengers between NewYork City and Albany, New York. He didn't invent the steamboat, his was just thefirst commercial steamboat
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