1. Aim: What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution? Do Now: Define the terms: Samuel Slater, textile, mass production

2. Caues Causes Interchangeable Parts Assembly LinesInventions

3. Interchangeable Parts  Identical parts that can be substituted in the manufacture or repair of a product  Invented by Eli Whitney to make muskets for the U.S. government

4. Assembly Lines  Each worker adding one part in order to create a finished product  Used first in Lowell’s textile (clothes) factories  Resulted in the construction of factories across the Northern U.S.

5. Inventions  Eli Whitney – Cotton gin  Elias Howe – Sewing Machine  Robert Fulton – Steam Boat  Francis Cabot Lowell and Samuel Slater – Assembly lines and factories