Robert FultonBY

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Date of Birth

• Robert Fulton was born of the year of 1765 on Nov. 14 on a farm near Little Britain in Lancaster County, Pennsylania.

Family

Robert had a father named Robert Fulton and a mother named Mary Smith Fulton, plus three older sisters and one little brother.

Early Childhood

• Robert enjoyed growing up in the lush green countryside.

• His sisters and him especially liked playing outdoors.

• He loved farm animals, wildflowers and wading in the creek that ran past their property.

Education

• When Robert was eight he went to a private school.

• He like to read book and magazines, when ever he could.

• Robert was a quick-thinking boy and point out new and interesting ways to complete everyday tasks.

Adult Life

Robert job was a portrait painter, mechanical and civil engineer, and an inventor. He married a women named Harriet Livingston and had one son and three daughters.

Important Events

• At the age of 21, Robert went to England to study with the fashionable.

• He invented the submarine the Nautilus in 1801 .

Death

• Robert Fulton died in New York City, NY on Feb. 24 in 1815, the cause is unspecified.

Remembered

• Robert Fulton was remembered because he invented the submarine and steamboat.

Interesting Thing

• The most interesting thing I found about Robert is that he invented a rifle that had sight and bore of original design.

2 Most Important Lessons

• One important lesson is that you should never give up on what you are doing.

• Another important lesson is that you should keep trying different things.

Hero or Celebrity

• I think if you are a hero you have to change the world.

• I think if you are a celebrity you're more famous than a hero.

• I think that Robert Fulton was a hero because he change the world with the steamboat and submarine.

• I think that a hero have to change the world and a celebrity is more famous.

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