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Samuel Slater: The Industrial Revolution

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The time between 1790 and 1830 is what people best known as the industrial revolution. The revolution first began in Britain. Many people say that Samuel Slater is the main person who helped start this fast productivity in America. Slater opened the first mill in 1790. He had worked in a mill in Britain before so he gained ideas and based his mill off the British model. His main accomplishment was that he helped increase the production of cotton thread in the United States. Many say this was the start of the revolution! Although Slater had a big part in the industrial revolution, many other people had part in the revolution. People started using new organization skills, otherwise known as “systems.” The most popular known mill was in Lowell,

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