INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• Britain was the first to experience this Revolution
• This Revolution was brought by inventors developing machines
• These machines helped make factories which were power driven.

AMERICA'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• Income was from trade
• Embargo Act hurt the economy
• Had to invest in other things than trade

NEW ENGLAND STEPS UP

• This area relied on trade
• They then invested on machinery
• N.England then mechanized its textile industry

WATER MILL

• New England industries used water mills
• These mills used currents for power
• Also used gears and rods for single machines

THE COUNTRY SPLITS

• Northerners then gained interest in industry
• While the Southerners and the West still relied on Agriculture
• The two areas now have become economic opposites.

SOUTH'S BIG CASH CROP

• Cotton became popular
• Along with the invention with the Cotton Gin
• This was in high demand in Britain
• This crop also brought people to pick

GROWTH IN THE U.S

• The cotton gin brought huge demand
• Slaves number jumped by 500,000
• Production of cotton jumped by 175,000 bales a yr

AMERICAN SYSTEM

• Henry Clay proposed this name for this unifying system
• First point was to make transports
• Then add a protective tariff
• Finally retry the National Bank
• This attempt was made to appease the North and South

NATIONAL ROAD

• The government began funding highways
• These roads would connect regions
• This road connected IL to MA

U.S IMPROVEMENTS

• New renovations started to begin
• First was turnpikes (tolls)
• Then canals for transport

AGREEMENT

• Many people agreed on these changes