It was the port of entry for European migrants
Eyck was a Flemish painter in the early renaissance while Durer was a German Painter and printmaker
Eli whitney created the cotton gin
Henry Ford created the modern Industrial Assembly Line. His invention of the assembly line would go on to be used by almost every factory during the industrial revolution as the means of production was a quick and cheap one. No longer did factories need specialized workers slowly doing the full task, now they could have incredibly unskilled workers payed low amounts to fit a single part onto a product all day. <span />
