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The cotton gin is a machine invente by the American Eli Whitney in 1792, it has teeth that work to separate the seeds from cotton fibers.

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Series of dots and dashes that could be transmitted electrically to communicate

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This machine invented by James Hargreaves used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun, so by turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once.

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Machine invented by Francis Cabot Lowell that could weave thread into cloth.

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Whitney saw slaves worked relentlessly to separate the seeds from the fibers so he wanted to relieve the workers and create cloth at a faster rate to be able to compete with England.

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- Population expansion in U.S. and UK

- Need for communication that could cover great distances

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James wanted to speed the spinning method that was traditionally worked at home and called the "cottage-industry".

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Francis Cabot Lowell wanted to take Samuel Slater's work a step further and make it more efficient. He wanted to make the US the textile power.

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Increased cotton production from 4,000 bales in 1790 to 1,400,000 bales in 1840. The cotton increased slavery

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- Developed in 1836, opened in
1844 between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
- known as Morse Code,
- Expanded with railroad, which acted as telegraph stations
- cut time from days to minutes
- led to development of telephone

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Erradicated the work from home and made way for the start of factory working because of the space needed to store the machines. Now people lived nearer to the factories and cities because of the proximity of the job.

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Formed the Boston Manufactoring Company and with the money made from this company Lowell built a water powered mill. Francis Cabot Lowell is credited for building the first factory where raw cotton could be made into cloth under one roof.