American_Industrial_Revolution

American Industrial Revolution The American Industrial Revolution included many different inventions as well as new techniques for manufacturing and business. Before and at the beginning of the revolution the Household system was consistently used. However, as the revolution progressed workers and their machinery moved from individual homes into one large building. This movement is what began the idea of the factory system. In 1790, Samuel Slater started the first efficient factory in America. In this factory, he began to spin cotton thread by machine. That same year John Fitch built and operated the world’s first regularly scheduled steamboat. Three years later Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which would have extraordinary effects on the south and their social and economical lives. In 1800, Eli Whitney came up with the idea of interchangeable parts. This would make the assembly-line system a lot more efficient. Banks were of extreme importance in the American Industrial Revolution. They provided small businesses with credit so that they could get started. When the factories began about nine children would staff the machines, because the work was quite easy. Francis Cabot Lowell developed a new technique called the Waltham system. industrial, revolution, system, industry, factory, factories, began, techniques, new, inventions, industrial, cotton, american, workers, whitney, started, parts, make, made, machines, machine, lowell, later, iron, invented, interchangeable, importance, ideas, idea, great, first, eli, efficient, came, business, being