9.3 Study Guide

• Industrial Revolution in the ==Americas==
  • @@2nd@@ Revolution
  • Britain blockaded the U.S. from international trade.
  • The U.S. had the %%same natural resources as Britain.%%
  • The U.S. was ^^forced to develop industries on its ow^^n.
• Industrial ==Development in the US==
  • Britain and @@their secret@@
  • Forbid engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers to leave the country.
  • Samuel Slater - Mill worker %%emigrated to U.S. and built a spinning machine from memory%%
  • Moses Brown - Opened the ^^first factory to produce thread in U.S.^^ for Slater
  • Francis Cabot Lowell - ==Manufactured textiles at every stage.== Created a weaving factory
  • Lowell, @@Massachusetts@@
  • Young single women
  • Working as %%mill girls%% (better than being a servant)
  • ^^Higher^^ wages
  • ==Independence==
  • @@12 hours@@ a day @@6 days@@ a week
  • U.S. technology boom
  • Connect %%cities%%
  • ^^Profitable^^ business
  • ==Inventions==:
  • @@Electric Light Bulb@@
  • Telephone
  • %%Urban%% populations
  • ^^Railroads^^
  • Wealth of ==natural resources==
  • @@oil@@
  • coal
  • %%iron%%
  • ^^Effects^^:
  • ==Urban== populations
  • @@Railroads@@
• Industrial* Development *in the US

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