1. Industry
Chapter 7 Section 1

2. Technology Sparks Industrial Growth
Developments in technology in manufacturing known as Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution also changed culture, social life, and politics
IR began in Great Brittan in the 1700’s with the development of machines powered by steam or flowing rivers.

3. Slater opens 1st Textile Mill
Samuel Slater-comes to the US from England
1793-Pawtucket Rhode Island- builds nations first water powered textile mill
This Mill produced 1 part of the textile manufacturing: cotton thread

4. Lowell Builds Fully Operational Mill
Francis Cabot Lowell- Boston Merchant
1811-Tours England’s factory towns in secret
Returns and forms a company-The Boston Associates
1813-Build a mill in Waltham Massachusetts
Mill housed of the operations in the manufacturing of cloth
Lowell Girls-young single girls employed at the mill, lived in boarding houses and closely supervised

5. Factory Work Changes Lives
Machines increased pace and of work and the division of labor into small jobs
Machines could be run by untrained workers
These type workers were everywhere

6. New Methods of Production
Interchangeable Parts- identical components that could be used in place of one another
Improves efficiency in factories
Eli Whitney-introduces this idea
OLD WAY=make items one at a time from start to finish, RESULT= parts not interchangeable.
NEW WAY=manufacture each part separately, and precisely. Makes parts interchangeable

7. Innovation Quickens Communication
1837
American; Samuel F.B. Morse invents electric telegraph
How it Works:
Electric pulses travel long distances on metal wires as coded signals
Code of dots & Dashes=Morse Code
This invention allowed information to be delieved almost instantly

8. Agriculture Remains Strong
More goods being traded than ever before in 1860
Farmers adopted new methods of planting, tending and harvesting crops
1840=John Deere-Develops steel plow
Cyrus McCormick-mechanical reaper

9. Industry Writing Prompt
Pick one the developments discussed today. Using a paragraph answer the following questions
1. What was the invention
2. When and Who invented it
3. What effect did it have on society at the time
4. How does the invention affect you today.
5. How would your life be different had this invention never been developed