Read about Samuel Slater: In a nut shell, he brought over the technology from Europe to start the first factory in the United States.
- Read article: Samuel Slater
- As you read, identify the following:
- Who is Samuel Slater?
- Why did he want to start a factory in the United States?
- How did he bring the technology to the United States?
- Think about the type of person he was and his impact on the United States.
- Learn about the Water Wheel
- Water Wheel
- http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/waterwheel.htm
- Who created this?
- How was it used?Where?
- Why was it a significant piece of equipment during this era?
- What impact did the cotton gin have on plantations?
- Cotton Gin-What everyone needs to know
- Who invented it?
- What did it do?
- What were the lifelong implications of this piece of technology?
- Every plantation needs a steel plow!
- The Plow
- Who invented this?
- How did it work?
- What life-long implications would this have?
- Spin that Jenny
- Spinning Jenny
- the facts
- Pictures
- Info Quick Peek
- How did the Spinning Jenny work?
- How did the machine change the outlook of factory life
- Change those parts
- Who invented interchangeable parts?
- What were some of the products that were produced using this technique?
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