Industrial Revolution
Samuel Slater
Eli Whitney
Ways railroads affect daily life or economy of U.S.
Lowell system
Transportation Revolution.
Reasons mills were located in New England.
Ways life might change as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
Mass production.
Interchangeable parts.
Textiles
Robert Fulton
British mechanic. Immigrated to U.S. with memorized designs of textile machines. Improved mill and and production of cotton thread.
Inventor. Proposed ways to mass-produce guns for U.S. government using water-powered machinery. Invented the cotton gin.
Moving from working on farms or in homes to working in factories. Loss of work for skilled laborers. Poor working conditions,
Based on water-powered textile mills that employed young, single women. System included a loom that could spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill.
Started in Great Britain in mid-1700s. Period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production.
Efficient, large-scale production of identical goods.
Tested first steamboat design in France (1803). Also tested first full-sized commercial steamboat.
Economy grew. Easier and faster to get goods to distant markets. Enabled goods, people, and info to spread rapidly (increased population and prosperity).
Period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation. Steamboat and steam powered trains. Boom in business- lower shipping time and cost.
Plentiful river/water for reliable source of power.
Cloth items (fabric, textile)
Identical parts that can replace each other in a machine.
