How did inventions such as the light bulb encourage major industrial and economic development during this time

People had thought that all the good inventions had already been invented, by inventing the light bulb this pushed people into a spree of inventions and patenting. During the industrial revolution many people were having sucess in inventions and wanted to move to the city to get rich. The more inventions that were created the more mass production there would be, which means the more jobs would be created, more housing, and more immigrants would come over.

companies sell stock to their businesses grow and become "public"

in february 1787, congress decided that a convention should be convened to revise the articles of confederation, the nation’s first constitution. in may, 55 delegates came to philadelphia, and the constitutional convention began. debates erupted over representation in congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. the debates continued through four hot and muggy months. but eventually the delegates reached compromises, and on september 17, they produced the u.s. constitution, replacing the articles with the governing document that has functioned effectively for more than 200 years.