early industry and inventions. how did the industrial revolution change the way people worked?...

EARLY INDUSTRY and INVENTIONS

How did the Industrial Revolution change the way people worked?• Farming to Factories•Hand tools to machine •More goods, more quickly!

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

How did the Industrial Revolution make its way

to America????

Four reasons New England was a good place to set up

factories?

• Rivers for water power • Willing workers (subsistence farmers)• Seaports for exporting• Wealthy investors

For each inventor, name his invention and tell how his invention impacted life:

Samuel Slater

First water powered textile mill in AmericaSpinning mill

Francis Cabot Lowell

Factory that spun raw cotton into yarnWomen entered the work force

Who were the “Lowell girls”?

*Farm girls who moved into boarding houses to work in Lowell factories*Long hours and poor working conditions but living conditions better than at home

Robert Fulton

Improved steamboatFaster water transportation

Samuel F.B. Morse

telegraph – Morse Codefaster communication

John Deere

steel plowfor harder soil of Midwest

Cyrus McCormick

mechanical reaperfaster/easier harvesting crops

Who came up with the idea for

interchangeable parts? How did interchangeable parts change industry?

•Eli Whitney•Faster production •Easier repairs•Assembly line