The steamboat changed the way of living of people and
greatly affected the Industrial Revolution. It became the main mode for the
transportation of goods and products in the 1800s. The efficiency of doing so
would have been impossible without the steamboat. It increased the capabilities
of commercial trading thus, leading to the creation of new towns and the
stimulation of the economy. Steamboats increased the dependency to manufactured
products because the speed of transportation became faster than the standard
speed. Steamboats played a vital role in the supply and demand chain.
