https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8 By Owen Doty en-us 2022-09-14 15:53:45 UTC 2026-01-31 17:50:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296643680 in 1793 Sam Slater built what would become the first successful textile mill in the USA which was powered by water]]> 2022-09-14 16:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296643680 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296651250 in 1825 the iron plow was invented by Jethro Wood John Deere improved on the idea when he invented a lighteight steel plow]]> 2022-09-14 16:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296651250 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296660584 in 1798 Eli Whitney invented interchangeable parts which would greatly benefit american manufacturers.]]> 2022-09-14 16:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296660584 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296666148 in 1836 lowell girls would start to be hired to work in lowell mills. the girls could be as young as 7 and would work 6-12 hours each day]]> 2022-09-14 16:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2296666148 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298578367 in the 1840's labor reformers banded together to promote the Ten-hour Day. ]]> 2022-09-15 16:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298578367 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298590693 Charles Dickens toured Lowell in 1842 and was very impressed he later wrote "it is their station to work. and they do work. they labour in these mills, upon an an average, 12 hours a day, which is unquestionably work, and pretty tight work too"]]> 2022-09-15 16:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298590693 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298597332 in 1800 nearly 5,000,000 Americans lived in rural areas, compared to 322,000 in cities. but during the industrial revolution many people left farms for cities for the job opportunities. ]]> 2022-09-15 16:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298597332 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298602233 Urbanization was a steady but gradual process. in 1800, only 6% of the nations population lived in urban areas. by 1850 the number rose to 15%]]> 2022-09-15 16:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298602233 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298605800 in 1834, Philo Stewart Developed a cast-iron stove small enough for use in an average kitchen. about 90,000 were sold]]> 2022-09-15 16:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298605800 tadhgdoty https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298609832 in 1846 Elias Howe Patented a sewing machine. a few years later, isaac Singer improved on the machine. ]]> 2022-09-15 16:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tadhgdoty/f82kuffacfv2j4i8/wish/2298609832