Why was the steam engine so important to industrialization?

The steam engine provieded the Americans with faster travel time improving the speed at which goods could be transported. This made goods able to be sent around the country, allowing for mass production to begin.

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while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

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before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.