THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

ELI WHITNEY

• Invented the cotton gin
• Cotton gin gives a rise in demand for cotton
• Demand for cotton increases slave population
• Used interchangeable parts to revolutionize musket

FRANCIS LOWELL

• Invented first integrated textile mill
• Communities build around factories
• Rise of mill towns

SAMUEL SLATER

• Created first American factory and textile mill
• Used children in factories to work