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A machine that could spin several threads at once created in 1764. It was made to speed up the sewing process.

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This machine allowed workers to produce a great deal of cloth in a day. This machine was also a key invention of the industrial revolution.

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Interchangeable parts 1798 - Eli Whitney

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Interchangeable parts 1798 - Eli Whitney

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This invention created by Eli Whitney was used to replace parts if they were broken or lost. This helped because if you lost or broke a part you would have to make a new part.

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In 1800, nearly 5,000,000 Americans lived in rural areas, differentiating to 322,000 Americans who lived in cities. Urbanization was a gradual steady process. In 1800, only 6% of the nation population lived in urban areas.

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Francis Cabot Lowell saw that one factory had spun thread and one wove it into cloth. He wondered, why not combine spinning and weaving under one roof? So he built a new factory, and had all the machines needed to turn raw cotton into cloth.

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Lowell girls lived in boarding houses and shared rooms, and a kitchen with many other girls. Work hours were 12 hours a day and 6 days a week.

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Small children, as young as seven were used in textile mills because they were small enough to fit in the large machines to change spindles and other small parts.

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This invention was originally made by Jethro Wood, it began manufacture of an iron plow with replaceable parts. John Deere improved the idea when he created the lightweight steel plow.

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Lowell girls and other women were moved from farms to textile mills and other mills to work in factories. Most workers had set hours and earned daily or weekly wages. Most poor women had to go out and work

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15% of the nations population lived in cities. Cities sprang up around factories, which was causing people to get attracted to job opportunities.