Robert Fulton
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The first steam-powered boat built in America is credited to William Henry of Lancaster Pennsylvania (1763). However, Henry's first, and subsequent boats proved prone to sinking. The creator of the first commercially viable steamboat in America was Robert Fulton. Fulton had visited William Henry and seen, firsthand, his early efforts. Fulton improved the efficiency of the steam engine and the seaworthiness of the boat and launched a Golden Age of trade and travel with his first commercial steamboat in 1807. Fulton also designed the first working submarine.
Embargo Act of 1807
1807
He died 1807.Also:Joseph Brant died in his house at the head of Lake Ontario on November 24, 1807.
Thomas Jefferson was the president in 1807.