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Samuel Slater created the first successful mill. And the United States was powered by water. Other American manufacturers started using his ideas.

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Eli Whitney developed interchangeable parts,while making muskets and he revolutionized manufacturing.

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Slater and Whitney innovations were the first part of the industrial revolution. In the 1800's entire cities began to emerge around factories.

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When boys and girls were 7 years old they worked in factories. Now Americans see child labor as cruel. Usually kids worked to help their family.

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Urbanization is the process of moving from farm to city. Urbanization increased when industries grew. Older cities expanded rapidly, while new cities sprang up around factories.

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in 1825 Jethro Wood began manufacturing the iron plow with replacement parts. John Deere improved on the idea when he invented a light-weight steel plow.

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Labor Organizations and strikes 1820-1830

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Labor Organizations and strikes 1820-1830

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Poor working conditions and low wages led to workers to organize into groups to improve their conditions. In the 1820s-1830s artisans in each trade united from trade unions.

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The lowell girls usually worked for a few years in the mills before returning mill towns, made an important economic contribution to American society by providing labor for the industrial revolution.

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the telegraph was a device that sent electrical signals along a wire. It was a new technology that was made possible by scientific discoveries about electricity.

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In 1847 cyrus McCormick opened a factory in chicago that produced mechanical reapers.