Robert Fulton Research Paper

“ Fresh out of patience, the teacher barked at young Fulton to pay attention. The boy’s mind was wandering again. “ Robert Fulton, who later became a phenomenal inventor, had a hard time in school as a young boy in the 1770’s. Young Fulton would come home to his mother and say “ My head's so full of notions that there, is no vacant chamber to store away the contents of dusty books “ Born in 1765 in Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania, Robert Fulton went on to become a talented artist and a skilled, and creative inventor before he died in 1815. In his early twenties he went to London to pursue a dream of portrait painting, and after several of his pieces were selected to be put in the Royal Academy of London, he became intrigued by the steam engine, which had been invented in 1698. He went on to work in the steamship and canal industry where he had many great achievements. Fulton’s innovations to the steamboat and his brilliant invention of the submarine would change America for the better.

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Fulton’s submarine was later developed and used in many wars to come. The submarine has been developed and used for science and for peaceful purposes. An example of this is tours of large reefs and scientific exploration of the ocean. Though Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, he is known as “ The Father of the Steamboat. “ This shows how much hard work Fulton put into this and how much fame he earned because if it. The steamboat evolved from what Fulton invented to what people ride on today. When the new “sub” was invented it created many opportunities for Navies. One example occurred during World War II. In the Battle of the Caribbean during WWII, Italian war submarines were so effective that the fight ended in a matter of days rather than dragging on for months. This helped the US war effort greatly. This is one of countless example of submarine