steamboats on the red
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Steamboats on the Red. Invented in 1700s Travel was dangerous James Watt-engine 1 st steamboat-John Fitch 1 st working steamboat-Robert Fulton Carried mostly freight in ND. Steamboat Facts:. Paddlewheel-bicycle wheel 40 feet long 5-8 mph Ruled trade in 1800s and early 1900s - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Steamboats on the Red
Steamboat Facts:
Invented in 1700sTravel was dangerousJames Watt-engine1st steamboat-John Fitch1st working steamboat-Robert FultonCarried mostly freight in ND
Paddlewheel-bicycle wheel40 feet long5-8 mphRuled trade in 1800s and early 1900sDemise-railroad
Vocabulary
freight - supplies and equipment
Rival-someone you are against
Barge-flat boat
Frontier-land that is unexplored
Cheapest-lowest cost
Dismantle-take it apart
Shallow-not very deep
Oil monopoly-one owner
Monopoly-no other one like it
Fireboat-Native American term for steam-boat.
Merchant-store owner
Meandering-goes where it wants
Mackinaw-early boat
Metis-French man marries a Native American
Chapters 1-2 Steamboats on the Red
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Video
Discuss worksheet:
Northrup 1909 $1000
Freight money water
$26,000 cheapest
Hudson Bay Company 1859
EngineersBuoyance Density
6” by 8” aluminum foil
5 minutes
Test run
Writing-You are the captain of the steamboat going up the Red River.
Inquiry- You must turn the steamboat around: 40 feet in a 25 foot space use blocks and practice. Draw a diagram.
You are a passenger on the steamboat-Write about your trip up the Red River.