Growth of Industry
>People are working in their home or in shops and create their own goods with hand tools>In the Mid 1700s, British inventors created machinery to perform some work
>The first machines were water mills
>People moving to cities to earn wages in mills
>The changes this system brought about were so great that this time in history is called the industrial revolution
>The industrial revolution in America took place in 1800
>It first started in New England
>New England had ideal factory conditions because of poor soil, many rivers, resources such as coal and iron were nearby and there were many ports
>Merchants in New England had money for investment, which is called capital
>American shipping thrived in the 1790s and early 1800s
New technology
>Without new technology the industrial revolution would not have taken place>Great Britain improved the Textile industry with the Spinning jenny (which spun cotton into thread), the water frame (which spun thread into cloth) and the power loom (which also spun thread into cloth). These impovments saved time and money
>1785 the first steam engine was used to power a cotton mill
>Oliver Evans created the first mechanical flour mill and improved the steam engine
>1790 The patent law gave the inventor sole rights to the invention and profits for a period of time
>1791 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which removed cotton seeds from the fiber
>Jacob Perkins was one of the first people to get a patent, which was for a nail maker
