EQ: What marks the beginning of. the Industrial Revolution in the EQ: What marks the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the United States? PT: How might a new kind of technology change a person’s life?

People Things spinning machine cotton gin National Road Clermont Samuel Slater Eli Whitney Robert Fulton spinning machine cotton gin National Road Clermont New Orleans Tom Thumb Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

U. S. in the 1800s. U. S. grows in size. Economic changes. U. S U.S. in the 1800s * U.S. grows in size * Economic changes * U.S. agricultural nation * Now industry becomes important * New inventions changed the way goods were made * People began using machines instead of hand tools

What is a revolution? The new technology of the Industrial Revolution affected the way Americans lived, worked, and traveled.

I. The Industrial Revolution. A. The Rise of Industry. 1 I. The Industrial Revolution A. The Rise of Industry 1. Industrial Revolution a. People using machines instead of tools 2. Samuel Slater a. 1790 built first textile mill in Rhode Island 1) US 1st factory

b. Memorized spinning wheel’s design – left Great Britain c. Immigrated to US – set up 1st textile mill

3. Textile Mills. a. Factories in which. fibers such as 3. Textile Mills a. Factories in which fibers such as cotton are woven into textiles

4. Eli Whitney. a. Interchangeable. parts. 1). Able to mass 4. Eli Whitney a. Interchangeable parts 1) Able to mass produce products 2) Parts are identical (same) – first used in the musket

5. People move from. farms to cities to. work in factories. 6 5. People move from farms to cities to work in factories 6. Thousands of immigrants moved to U.S. to work in factories 7. Factory workers were untrained and unskilled

B. Roads Across America. 1. Better Roads Needed. a. People needed to B. Roads Across America 1. Better Roads Needed a. People needed to get farm products & raw materials to the east b. Factories needed to get goods to the West c. Country expanding west

2. National Road. a. 1803 Congress voted to build. b 2. National Road a. 1803 Congress voted to build b. Baltamore & Ohio roads begun in 1811 c. Ran from MD, PA,WV, OH, IN, IL d. Paved with crushed stone & tar

C. Canals. 1. Waterways built by people. 2. Canal boats carry C. Canals 1. Waterways built by people 2. Canal boats carry larger loads more cheaply 3. 1817 NY legislature voted to build canal between Buffalo NY on Lake Erie & Troy, NY on the Hudson River.

a. Erie Canal. 1) Dug by hand by. 3,000 Irish. immigrants --. $ a. Erie Canal 1) Dug by hand by 3,000 Irish immigrants -- $ .80 per day – 3X pay in Ireland 2) 363 miles long 3) Completed - 1825 4) NY City leads trading in US

1. Steamboats. a. ran on steam/steam engine. b. 1807 Robert Fulton’s 1. Steamboats a. ran on steam/steam engine b. 1807 Robert Fulton’s Clermont chugged up the Hudson River c. 1811 the New Orleans made 1st voyage from Pittsburg, PA to New Orleans, LA

d. By 1820’s steamboats. became main form of. river transportation e d. By 1820’s steamboats became main form of river transportation e. Trips that took months now took days

2.Locomotives a. Used horses to pull railroad cars prior (before) 1830 b. New railroad cars pulled by steam engine

The first steam engine to operate on a commercial track in the United States, the Tom Thumb became famous for its race against a horse-drawn car on August 25, 1830, from Ellicott’s Mill to Baltimore. Although Dobbin the horse won the race when the Tom Thumb’s blower belt broke, the days of horse-powered trains were numbered.

c. Tom Thumb 1st. Locomotive made in US. d. By 1850 – 9,000 miles of c. Tom Thumb 1st Locomotive made in US d. By 1850 – 9,000 miles of track crossed nation, mostly on Atlantic coast e. Easier and faster to move raw & manufactured goods over the country f. # railroads/factories grew