Revolution Word Scramble
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British Investors developed new machines that made manufacturing faster | The Industrial Revolution spread to the USA. |
It was illegal to take plans for the machines out of England. | Slater built a successful water powered textile mill in the USA |
Whitney wanted to speed up the manufacturing process | Inventors soon designed machines to produce interchangeable parts for other goods. |
Lowell combined spinning and weaving operations under one roof. | Lowell became a model factory town and the population grew. |
Mill owners could pay lower wages to women than men. | Many young women left home and became financially independent. They used their wages to help their families. |
Planters needed new land and began to move west. | In other areas southerners raised rice, sugar cane, tobacco, and livestock |
Rich planters invested in slaves and land. | Southerners resented their dependency on the north. |
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