Multiple choice

After failing in many other areas, this man created the first commercial steam ship.

  1. Robert Fulton

  2. Robert Bakewell

  3. Robert Stack

  4. Robert Redford
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Explanation

Robert Fulton is credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat, the Clermont, which began service on the Hudson River in 1807.

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