Journal: How would you judge Samuel Slater and Francis ...

[Pages:16]Thursday, February 9, 2012 Journal: How would you judge Samuel Slater and Francis Lowell, who brought secrets to the United States illegally?

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US History:

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Objectives: Students will learn how new machines and factories changed peoples' lives in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

1. Attendance/journal. 2. Check in and correct "Early Industry and Inventions" notes 3. Group Activity on page 347

Homework: ? WS #54, Reteaching Activity ? Current Events tomorrow. ? Chapter 11, Section 1 &2 Quiz will be on Tuesday, February 14th.

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One American's Story What did Samuel Slater illegally bring to the US from England?

With the help of Moses Brown, what did Slater build?

Slater illegally brought the idea of the textile mills to the US from England.

He built the first successful waterpowered textile mill

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Industrial Revolution

What helped push American into The War of 1812.

the Industrial Revolution?

Explain.

Blockade kept imports from the

US

America started in manufacture their own goods.

Investors stopped spending $ on trade and shipping.

Started to invest in new American industries.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

Factory machines replaced hand tools, and largescale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.

What is a factory system?

A system that brought many workers and machines together under one roof.

How did the Industrial

People left farms and moved to

Revolution change where people cities where the factories were.

lived?

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Factories in NE Why was New England a good place to set up factories?

Who was hired to work in the factories?

Fast moving rivers (needed to power the factories)

Access to the ocean and ships.

Willing labor force. (not a great place to farm) Factories employed men, women, and children.

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Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell

What did both these men bring back with them from England?

What is Samuel Slater known for?

What is Francis Cabot Lowell know for?

Both brought textile industrial ideas from England to US.

Built the first successful water powered textile mill in US.

Lowell mills textile mills in a village.

Hired girls, 12.5 hour work days.

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