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Samuel Slater
Industrial
Revolution
YOUR OWN DEFINITION
Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in
England.
the transformation in the 18th and 19th
centuries of first Britain and then other W
European countries and the US into industrial
nations
PICTURE/SYMBOL
COMMENTS/CONNECTIONS/
QUESTIONS (CCQs)
Why was he so important to many people
?:
Why was the industrial revolution helpful
How did this help people?
Francis Lowell
Lowell Girls
The American merchant and manufacturer
Francis Cabot Lowell (1775-1817) introduced
the power loom and the integrated factory
system to American cotton textile
manufactures.
The Lowell Girls are girls who worked on the
mills in the 18th century Industrial Revolution.
They lived in boarding homes that were often
crowded
What else would they do ?
How helpful was this road
National Road
The National Road or Cumberland Road was
one of the first major improved highways in the
United States
Erie Canal
n artificial waterway built across New York state
in the early nineteenth century, linking Lake
Erie and the Hudson River. The canal opened
trade between New York and the midwestern
states and aided in the growth of New York
City as a port.
Robert Fulton
Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor:
builder of the first profitable steamboat.
How was this useful..
How did he help
Why was he soo important
Samuel F. B.
Morse
1761–1826, U.S. geographer and
Congregational clergyman
Hod did it help
Telegraph
a kind of manual signaling device; see tele-1 , graph