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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