First American Industrial Revolution Chapter Summary

Before the Industrial revolution people knew very little about the world and were used to making whatever they needed with their hands. Life was quiet because there was no machinery to make any noise. No one traveled very far on a regular basis because there was no way for rapid transportation and there were no clocks, people just used the rise and setting of the sun. When the Industrial revolution started, the nine to five job life style emerged as well and life changed for everyone.

A). European countries began the Industrial Revolution by inventing machines that were more efficient to do the jobs of individuals. Despite the efforts to keep the textile machines a secret with strict laws and guarding of the machines they eventually became an asset to North America also. In the eighteenth century two spies memorized how the machines were built and came to America to have copies made of the machines, the power loom and spinning machine. The secret was out and now the textile machines became beneficial to American because they were able to now produce cloth materials quicker than ever before. This relates to the chapter because it goes more in-depth on how America was able to copy the machines and use them for their own benefit. It is significant because this was one of the stepping stones that have allowed inventions to prosper all over the world. Spies are majority looked down on today, but back then America benefitted immensely during the nineteenth century.

With the internal improvements spreading throughout early America during the 1830 and 1840s, science and organized experimentation became more important than ever. As a result of the transportation revolution, America started undergoing revolutionary changes in its industrial system. Manufacturers moved from being ran by small families to large business-ran as the costs and complexities increased. Additionally, in the 1840s, laborers started striking for better working conditions and shorter workdays. With the rapidly growing industrialization, we start seeing a greater need in the improvement of technology throughout America. Technologies such as the Francis Turbine, which increased the efficiency of water power, are needed to power the larger manufactures that continue to succeed. Furthermore, we see the ideology of Manifest Destiny play a role by creating heavier need for a means of transportation, as well as that for a means of communication. The circumstances leading up to and during the 1830 and 1840s create a larger demand for technological innovations than ever

Throughout this book we have gone through history talk about the advancements that led to the western world we know it to be today. In the final part of the book they talk about modernity. This starts in the 1750s and goes through present time. Through this time period starting with the Industrial Revolution then talks about liberty and prosperity then finished off the book with globalization and colonization.

In the 19th century, America saw major expansions and technological advances that paved way for the grand expansion of agriculture that boosted the nation’s economy. Regardless of the fact that Great Britain had tried to keep secrets regarding machinery and inventions, most of America’s advances were propelled by inventions such as the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793, steel plow by John Deere, railway, steamboats, telegraph, and canals. In addition, technology’s profound effect on agriculture also led to the rise of the textile industry whereby factories produced materials such as cotton thread and cloth. Many of these initial factories are recognized in historical texts, but the Lowell factory system is one that is famous – precisely the

The large number of practical and useful inventions brought forward during the time leading up to and including the period known as the Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on both American society and the world. The transition that took place resulted in reliance on mechanical sources of power/energy rather than the traditional human or animal sources to produce the products needed (Hackett, 1992). One of

The American Industrial Revolution took place in the United States during the 19th and 20th century. When the new uprising change came to America, the United States was heavily influenced by European ideas, which for Europe began in the late 18th century (Hillstrom 10). America started off primarily as an agricultural country until it gained dominance in industry and finance by 1918. Labor, politics, enslaved African Americans, and such important resources were of the many factors that helped spread industrialization. Additionally, the U.S. government was effectively involved by supplying equipment and assisting to the many advancements from the nation’s transformation (Hinshaw and Stearns vol 2 491). Within a single century, the

The Industrial Revolution did not start simultaneously around the world, but began in the most highly civilized and educated country in Western Europe – England. An empire like Great Britain was able to prevent the flow of new technology and experienced technicians to its colonies even while new machinery, like the spinning shuttle and the spinning jenny, was being used to develop textile manufacturing at home in England. The British Parliament was able to control its territories through laws and other restrictions. However, Britain’s futile attempts to block the development of new technologies in the American colonies led directly to the rise of the textile industry and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.

As the economy continues to shift and wealth continues to be distributed further and further away from the middle class, it has become more important to define what you want to be. An individual or society exhibiting conviction, inspiration, innovation, and justice will have a greatly heightened chance of success. Confidence is important in the image your portray, and the way you entice those you work with. Speaking of enticement, inspiring and innovate ideas will also encourage those around you and benefit yourself, evident in how England catapulted above others during the Industrial Revolution, and even inspired America's inventors. Final, and most important to the continued livelihood of not only a society or individual, but us as a civilization,

As the economy began to shift to larger-scale manufacturing, Britain began to fear that their technology would be replicated in America. Therefore Britain set laws in place to prohibit the exportation of any textile machinery and to prohibit textile factory workers from leaving the country. Nevertheless, technology escaped from Britain to America due to the cash bonuses offered by Americans for information about these machines (Reef 3). One such invention was Samuel Slater’s power loom which was introduced for the first time in America in 1789. Slater traveled to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he was able to recreate the loom from memory of his apprenticeship with Richard Arkwright, a British inventor. Slater went on to launch the country’s mechanized cotton-spinning factory. His “Slater mills” were built along New England Rivers and they were wildly successful due to the inexpensiveness and speed of the production of cotton they made. The mills were very efficient and required many employees which gave jobs to thousands of Americans which fueled the American economy and introduced an entirely new social class. Samuel Slater was named the “founder of the American Industrial Revolution” and went on to introduce the first large-scale textile mills, which would transform the nation’s economy from agriculture to industry (“Slater, Samuel” 1).

This had large machines by water sources to get energy from the water loom. These brought workers wages down a lot due to less time being put into the the materials, clothing, etc. being made. The workers could produce more with the machines than by hand. The workers had to work 10-14 hours a day. The Factories were soon brought to America by a man by the name of Samuel Slater. (Samuel Slater was a machinist in Britain who worked for a man by the name of Sir Richard Arkwright, Sir Richard Arkwright taught Slater everything he knew about machines that includes building and fixing them. Slater learned all the aspects of the cotton manufacturing industry, he soon worked his way up to supervisor of Strutt Mill but slater soon realized that he was too good of a machinist just to be a supervisor, so he quit his job and moved to New York as a machinist in 1789. Slater met a man by the name of Moses Brown who was a quaker in Rhode Island and with Brown providing the capital and Slater memorizing the information about machines they made a business that was successful in making and selling machines.) -

The article I decided to write about was on America during the industrial revolution. The piece summarizes different writings about the rise of the industrial revolution in American looking at it from the views of different people. Go down a couple paragraphs and you will read the section that intrigued me the most. In this section cities in american during the industrial revolution are explained. Something that truly surprised me was how crucial horses were to society back then. They utilized them to get from place to place as well helped with construction. During this time machines we’re extremely dysfunctional. Constantly breaking and having to be repaired. You could say these machines are like the range rovers we have today, constantly

The industrial revolution definitely shaped how the world and how businesses today work and operate. It started at first by showing new uses for things previously thought to only have one use or be practically useless - such as oil, coal, and iron - then quickly moved on to create things that most people today couldn’t live without. Before that age, companies worked at a snail’s pace, for they depended on human workers and couldn’t mass produce any of their products. After a while, businesses began thriving due to advancements in mass production and efficiency of machine workers. However, these businesses began practices that were simply ruthless, and these are the exact practices that have shaped how America handles large-scale companies today.

The industrial revolution was not only technological revolution but a social one that would lie foundation that would grow the word “revolution” exponentially. The industrial revolution brought with it change, whether that change was positive or negative is questionable however it did change the world as it was known. In both England and the United States of America strong industrial revolutions struck, the revolutions would change roles in the household and society for both women and me and the ideologies held about gender roles. In both countries effected by the revolution, industrialization challenged religion and authority, the impact of which can still be seen today.

America has been expanding and growing since its birth out of Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution has been an influence in the American life since it first in the 1700s. “Most families did not have enough to sell at the market- they had just enough for their own needs.” Up until the factories started booming and employment rates skyrocketed, people really couldn’t become wealthy and live a decent life. As the ways of farming grew the English at the time began to use up more and more land efficiently. “Unusable swamplands could be drained and used for crops.” That’s absolutely amazing that in this era they could turn swamps into areas to raise more crops so they can naturally make more money at the markets and become a bit wealthier. Farming is one of the most important lively hoods of mankind; no matter what argument anyone tries to make. If we didn’t have farming and agricultural production we wouldn’t have all the different sorts of food products we do, nor would they be as abundant. Life would be like it was before the Industrial Revolution came about and most of us would still be growing our own food and barely scraping by in life. With all this agricultural expansion of the time population in England start expanding drastically as well. Thanks to population growth people started to worry more about new inventions and producing stuff for us to make our day to day lives easier than we could have ever before. With all the technological advancements leading up to