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Industrial Revolution
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Indutrial Revolution Began
Industrial RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution had been developing for several decades, but it bagan to accelerate in Great Britain in the 1780s. The first machines were fast and cheap at spinning thread and weaving cloth. -
Samuel Slater
Samuel SlaterSamuel Slater moved to the United States even though the British banned emigration of workers who had knowledge of technology. He built the first water-powered textile mill in 1793. -
Francis Cabot Lowell
IN 1811, Francis Cabot Lowell got secret information from England's factory towns and he created a compay called thr Boston Associates. -
The Boston Associates
The Boston Associates built their first mill in Massechusetts, where all cloth was manufactured, not just thread. -
Farmers
American farmers sold only around one third of their harvests. -
More Factories
During the 1820s, the Boston Associates built more factories on the Merrimack River and established a new town called Lowell. -
Garment Trade
A garment trade developed in New York City in the 1820s. Contractors provided poor women with cloth who made clothes without machines, and they earned about a doller per week. -
Samuel Morse
Samuel MorseSamuel F.B. Morse invented and electric telegraph that allowed electrical pulses to travel long distances through metal wires as coded signals. -
Steel Plow
After 1840, farmers started using the steel plow which was invented by John Deere. They also used the mechanical reaper developed by Cyrus McCormick. -
Shoemaking
ShoemakersLynn, Massaschusetts led the United States in shoemaking. Men cut and shaped leather for the shoes, and women sewed the shoes together. -
Morse Code booms
Morse CodeBy 1860, the United States has 50,000 miles of telegraph lines. Morse's invention allowed messages to be recieved almost instantly. -
Increasing Harvest
By the 1860s, farmers had doubled their share. They adopted better methods for planting and raising livestock.
