Robert Fulton is not a name that children hear often like George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. But with his invention, Fulton changed the way people get around. He made the first steamboat. With the help of a friend, Fulton changed history forever. Robert Fulton was born on November 14, 1765 in Lancaster County, Pa. Fulton was born to an Irish immigrant family. For six years, Fulton lived on an unproductive farm until the farm lost its mortgage …showed first 75 words of 763 total…

…showed last 75 words of 763 total…destroyed in an accidental explosion. Three of Fultons’ boats drove on the Hudson River by 1810. These would be Fulton’s last boats. Fulton died on February 24, 1815. He died on the way home from Trenton, NJ. He got chilled on a route home. Without the steamboat, transportation would be different today. Steamboats grew after Fultons’ death. Many ships would not exist today without the example made by Fulton. Robert Fulton changed the world for the better.