The American Shipbuilding Industry During The 1700's

In the industries during the 1700’s, the steamboats was the most exciting innovation of that time. Numerous commerce ongoing to be carried by sailing ships. Shipyards that were in the American colonies, in New England, also in New york produced 389 vessels. Americans became the world’s best ship builders and boat builders. British markets took off for the American ships. Also merchants prohibit from the english ports, so the industries declined after the war. The more advanced U.S. Government put a bigger tariff on the ship builds or owned by some foreigners that's entered the American ports, they were in hope of stimulating the shipbuilding industries, in 1789. Gladly it succeeded. In the American Advantages, most Americans had multiple advantages in ship buildings. In the 1790’s, the shipyards made their way up to forests, moving up the coast of Maine. The Boston and the New York shipbuilders started to use canals so it would …show more content…
American shipbuilders needed fasts boats for the exports. That lead them to create the SteamBoat. That gave them a lot of advantages in that time period. Merchants seeked something fast and big therefore they had to create a whole new invention. They needed large ships to hold the bulky cargo and a fast boat to cut through the water. A boston ship builder, “John Peck” experimented and it was an amazing success. American Ships were able to make two to four trading voyages each year. On the other hand, English ships only made one trip a year. No one in America has ever seen such amazingly beautiful ships. The day, even threatened to attack America because of their ships. They became to believe that United States could be a dangerous country. Also, the United States was able to maintain the Principle. The sailboat U.S.S. construction completed in October, 1797. But it still remains in construction till this day, showing the Technological Skill of the American Ship