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Copy the following on the top half of NB p. 21. (Skip a line between each item.). Class Notes 11.1 1. The Industrial Revolution 2. The factory system 3. The War of 1812 4. The first U.S. factories were built in New England because 5. Samuel Slater 6. Workers in the Lowell mills were
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Copy the following on the top half of NB p. 21. (Skip a line between each item.) Class Notes 11.1 1. The Industrial Revolution 2. The factory system 3. The War of 1812 4. The first U.S. factories were built in New England because 5. Samuel Slater 6. Workers in the Lowell mills were 7. Eli Whitney
Lesson 11.1a –Industrialization Begins in New England Today we will explain how industrialization began in the New England states.
Vocabulary • revolution – a sudden and dramatic change • factory system – manufacturing process using many workers and machines in one building
Check for Understanding • What are we going to do today? • Describe a revolution that is going on in our lives today. • Give an example of a product that is made using the factory system.
What We Already Know Farming in New England was difficult, so New Englanders turned to other ways to make their living, such as commerce and shipbuilding.
What We Already Know Before the Revolutionary War, little manufacturing was permitted in the colonies by the British government.
What We Already Know Because the British blockade kept imported goods from reaching U.S. shores during the War of 1812, Americans started manufacturing their own goods.
The Industrial Revolution began in Britain during the late 1700s. The Industrial Revolution was a time when factory machines replaced hand tools and large-scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.
Check for Understanding A ask B: What was the Industrial Revolution? Be sure to re-state the question in your response! The Industrial Revolution was a time when factory machines replaced hand tools and large-scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.
Before the Industrial Revolution, women spun thread and wove cloth at home in cottage industries.
The spinning jenny and the power loom allowed unskilled workers , who were often children, to produce more cloth, more quickly.
Power looms spin raw cotton into yarn and weave it into cloth.
The factory system brought many workers and machines together under one roof. Most factories were built near a source of water to power the machines.
Check for Understanding Be sure to re-state the question in your response! B ask A – What was the factory system? The factory system brought many workers and machines together under one roof.
Occupations changed during the Industrial Revolution. Large-scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.
People left their farms and crowded into cities where the factories were.
They worked for wages, on a set schedule. Their lives changed, and not always for the better.
Investors began to invest in new American industries instead of spending money on shipping and trade.
Americans took advantage of the free enterprise system to start manufacturing their own goods. The free enterprise system allows individuals to start businesses and compete for profits, enabling American businessmen to build their own factories and grow wealthier.
Factories Come to New England • New England was a good place to set up factories for several reasons. • New England had many fast-moving rivers to supply power.
New England had ships and access to the ocean for transporting goods.
New England had a willing labor force in the families who were tired of scraping a living from their stony fields.
Samuel Slater brought the textile industry to the United States. • Samuel Slater smuggled plans for a textile mill into the country from England. • He built his first spinning mill in Rhode Island in 1790 and a larger mill later.
He employed whole families, paying them a low wage. His family system spread through Rhode Island, Connecticut, and southern Massachusetts.
Check for Understanding Be sure to re-state the question in your response! A ask B: Where were the first American factories built? The first American factories were built in New England.
Check for Understanding Who was Samuel Slater? Samuel Slater built the first spinning mill in Rhode Island.
4. Why were the first U.S. factories located in New England? • New England had good shipping and transportation. • New England had many slaves to work. • New England had a tradition of manufacturing. • New England had streams for water power. • New England had many wealthy farmers willing to invest. • New England had a willing labor force. Choose all that are true!
The Lowell Mills Hire Women • In 1813, Francis Cabot Lowell built a factory in Waltham, Massachusetts. • This factory spun cotton into yarn and wove it into cloth on power looms. • Lowell had seen power looms in English mills and copied their design for his Waltham factory.
The factory was so successful that Lowell built a new factory town in Massachusetts and named it for himself.
Check for Understanding Be sure to re-state the question in your response! A ask B: What product did the Lowell mills manufacture? The Lowell mills manufactured textiles.
The Lowell Mills Hire Women Instead of families, the Lowell textile mills employed farm girls who lived in company-owned boardinghouses. The “Lowell girls” worked 12-hour days in deafening noise.
The Lowell Mills Hire Women At first, wages were high – between two and four dollars a week. The girls received a basic education and were strictly supervised until they married and left the mill.
The Lowell Mills Hire Women • By the 1830s, falling profits meant that wages dropped and working conditions worsened.
Factories began to be powered by more powerful steam engines. Steam engines began using coal and wood, meaning factories could be built away from rivers and beyond New England.
Check for Understanding A ask B: What replaced water as the power source in later factories? Be sure to re-state the question in your response! Steam replaced water as the power source in later factories.
5. Who worked in the Lowell mills? • New England farm girls • Lowell’s friends and relatives • Skilled craftsmen • The mill owners themselves
A New Way to Manufacture • In 1798, the U.S. government hired the inventor Eli Whitney to make 10,000 muskets for the army. • At that time, guns were made one at a time by gunsmiths, from start to finish.
A New Way to Manufacture • Whitney introduced the use of interchangeable parts – parts that were exactly alike – to make production faster and to make repairs easy. • Interchangeable parts also allowed the use of lower-paid and less-skilled workers.
Check for Understanding How did interchangeable parts change manufacturing? Interchangeable parts changed manufacturing by speeding up production, making repairs easier, and allowing the use of lower-paid, less-skilled workers. Be sure to re-state the question in your response!
6. How did Eli Whitney change manufacturing? • He smuggled plans for a mechanized factory out of England. • He developed an industrial assembly process using interchangeable parts. • He convinced poor Irish workers to immigrate to the United States. • He persuaded New England farmers to allow their daughters to work in his mills.
