1. Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution in America

2. Growth of Industry
- The flow of imported goods was cut off during the War of 1812, so Americans started buying American products from American manufacturers
- Mid 1700s the way goods were made changed

3. Growth of Industry Continued
- Began in Britain when inventors created machines to perform some of the work involved in cloth (textile) making, such as spinning
- Machines ran on waterpower so mills were built along rivers (easy for shipping and trade too)

4. Industrial Revolution
- the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry (factories)
- New England’s soil was poor & farming was difficult  people were willing to leave their farms
- New England had rivers & streams, close to other resources such as coal & iron from Pennsylvania, and it had many ports (good geographical location)
Industrial Revolution video from history.com

5. Samuel Slater
- duplicated machines in Britain – using the machines the mill made cotton thread

6. Factory System
- a system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency (important part of IR)

7. Lowell Factory -Francis Cabot Lowell (1st factory systems)
- all the stages of cloth were performed under one roof

8. Factors that led to industrialization
Plentiful natural resources in the North (many rivers to operate the mills with water power)
Improved transportation:
Roads, canals, railroads, steamboats
Growing immigrant population created a large workforce

9. All 3 depend on each other
Industrialization Immigration Urbanization (cities grew bigger)
All 3 depend on each other