2.  1700s  People made their own clothing, etc.  Skilled artisans handmade some goods  Artisans could not keep up with growing demand

3.  Industry means…commercial activity/manufacturing  Revolution means…a radical change in society  So the Industrial Revolution was…the period of rapid grown in the use of machines in manufacturing

4. Spinning Jenny Water Frame

5.  Began in England  Skilled mechanics were not allowed to leave Skilled mechanic

6.  Samuel Slater  Professional escape artist and founder of the American Industrial Revolution  Introduced new textile machines to the U.S

7.  Large number of identical goods

8.  Eli Whitney’s idea  Each product made exactly the same

9.  Early 19 th century events slow progress of Industrial Revolution  Embargo of 1807  War of 1812  Progress resumed in the late 1830s  By 1840s, gun makers were using interchangeable parts

10.  Entire families hired- children would get the easier jobs  This was the Rhode Island System

11.  Francis Cabot Lowell found a way to produce thread and cloth under one roof using water power  Hired young, unmarried women

12.  1830s and 40s unions began to form  Organization of artisans in a particular trade  Strikes-refused to work until their demands were met