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How Did Henry Ford Change The World

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Thesis Henry Ford Changed the world by making the first car that was affordable to everyone even though at first people were scared of them and still used a horse and carriage. A few started buying them and then people started to buy them all over the world. He became a well know inventor around the world.
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Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863 on a farm located in Greenfield Township, Michigan. His father, William Ford was born in Cork, Ireland in 1826. He came with his parents to America in 1847. About 1850 he started working for the O’Herns, which is when he met Mary Litogot. His, mother Mary Ford was born in Michigan in 1839 she was the youngest in her family. Her parents died when she was about 10 years old. She was adopted by her neighbors the O’Herns. “When Mary was 21 and William was 35 they got married and move in with the O’Herns.” Then they started building a new …show more content…

Henry got a job at Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. “In 1891 they left their home to move to the city because of Henry’s job.” When he got the job he and his wife had to move back to Detroit. Clara said that she was very sad to leave the farm. Henry became chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1893. That same year he became a father on November 6th. His son’s name was Edsel Ford. (Richards Page 28)
Henry’s First Car After they moved he started working on his idea of a horseless carriage. First he made a gas engine so it could run on gas and was easy to carry a round on a car. It took him a couple of months to finish it. Then he started to collect wheels, wire, and other stuff to make it. When he finished his quadricycle a lot of people liked it but some people thought it was too loud.
He decided to make some improvements to it. He talked to the Mayer and the Mayer told him that he could help him start a company. It was called Detroit Automobile Company; they sold about 20 cars and, then when out of

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