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Frankenstein By Samuel Slater: The First Chapter Of Industrialization

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Industrialization How much is too much when it comes to industrialization? Has society gone too far with improvements in the world? Industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agricultural society into an industrial one. Such as in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly industrialization has been making advances in the world for a long period of time. (FIX THESIS LATER)
In the first place, industrial revolution had started in Britain in the mid 1800’s. Industrialization had not started in the United States yet because it was still new to all the people who were coming to start a new life in the colonies. With that people had little interest in starting any new type of factory there was …show more content…

The first chapter of industrialization was in the 1830’s. Samuel Slater is often the man credited with starting the industrial revolution in the United States of America. Slater was twenty-one years old when he had immigrated from the United Kingdom to the “New World” (now known as the United States of America).
Correspondingly, Slater learned most of his textile machinery skills from working with a professional in Britain. Thus being the one of the reasons why In the United Kingdom he is known as “Traitor Slater”. Another reason being that he brought the idea of industrialization to the new world. In 1790 he opened the first industrial mill with a design that replicated one from the British. His technology heightened the rate at which cotton could be spun into yarn.
Furthermore, another aspect that helped industrialization in the new world take off were new organization strategies. This was known as the “out work system,” which is where each individual would bring home a small part of a large product and work on it from the comfort of their house. All these things changed when the factory system was introduced into the work force. This is where work was performed on a large scale in set location all at once. (22a. Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution

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