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            How Did the Industrial Revolution Start in the United States?



            Samuel Slater, an English American, worked

            in the textile mills of Great Britain and went

            to the United States when he was

            twenty-one years old. He brought his

            experience of working in the mills and

            factories to New England in the northeast of


            America. He was called “the Father of the

            American Industrial Revolution” and started

            many factories.


                                                                        The spinning room of the Cornell
                                                                        Mill in Fall River, Massachusetts



            What Were the Working Conditions during the Industrial Revolution?


                                                                 One problem during the Industrial Revolution

                                                                 was dangerous working conditions for


                                                                 individuals in production lines. People had to

                                                                 work very fast for very long hours even when

                                                                 they were tired or ill. It was very easy to get

                                                                 injured or hurt. The conditions in the factories

                                                                 were often very hot and dirty. Child labor was

                                                                 also another problem during this period.

                                                                 Working laws were changed by the end of

                                                                 1900s to protect workers.
             A young boy working in mule-spinning
             room in Chace Cotton Mill, Vermont
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