How Did The Industrial Revolution Change America
The American Revolution occurred in the years of 1775-1783. This revolution was what made America it’s own country, no longer under British rule. It began when the colonists were outraged when British authorities decided to increase the colony’s taxes, therefore, increasing British revenue. Such attempts are known as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Tariffs of 1767. Because of this, the colonists began to engage in protests that soon turned violent when they felt that they were not being represented equally, hence no taxation without representation. In 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers shot and killed 5 men within a group of protesting colonists, creating even more outrage throughout the colonies. Three years
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The Industrial Revolution was when people changed over from an agricultural economy to an industrialized economy, home-made production to more factory, machine-made production. The Industrial Revolution began in Europe, but soon America began to borrow the ideas of English inventors. Samuel Slater was the man to built the first factory in the United States. After going to England, Slater returned to America with the idea of textile factories. Slater’s first textile factories were used to spin cotton, but these led to a decade of the textile industry completely dominating the country. This led to the creation of hundreds of new companies everywhere. In 1804, a man named Oliver Evans developed an invention that would completely change America. His invention was a steam engine. This engine would, in the next few years, go on to power multiple things such as ships, the printing press, sawmills, and even the textile factories. After many failed attempts of producing a steam- powered vehicle for land transportation, Evans was finally able to make it happen. His invention was called the Oruktor Amphibilos, and he, luckily, was able to get the invention commissioned by Philadelphia’s Board of Health. This was just one of Evans’s great inventions. It is rumored that Evans himself was the inventor of at least 80 more inventions throughout his life, however, nothing as influential as the steam
The Industrial Revolution was when people changed over from an agricultural economy to an industrialized economy, home-made production to more factory, machine-made production. The Industrial Revolution began in Europe, but soon America began to borrow the ideas of English inventors. Samuel Slater was the man to built the first factory in the United States. After going to England, Slater returned to America with the idea of textile factories. Slater’s first textile factories were used to spin cotton, but these led to a decade of the textile industry completely dominating the country. This led to the creation of hundreds of new companies everywhere. In 1804, a man named Oliver Evans developed an invention that would completely change America. His invention was a steam engine. This engine would, in the next few years, go on to power multiple things such as ships, the printing press, sawmills, and even the textile factories. After many failed attempts of producing a steam- powered vehicle for land transportation, Evans was finally able to make it happen. His invention was called the Oruktor Amphibilos, and he, luckily, was able to get the invention commissioned by Philadelphia’s Board of Health. This was just one of Evans’s great inventions. It is rumored that Evans himself was the inventor of at least 80 more inventions throughout his life, however, nothing as influential as the steam