US History › Section E · Industry and Jacksonian democracy › Topic E.1
Early industrialization in the Northeast
Between about 1790 and 1850, the way many Americans made things changed dramatically. Water-powered mills in New England moved work out of homes and workshops and into factories, and created a new kind of worker: someone who sold time for a wage.
In this topic
- A new way of making things
- From artisans to the putting-out system
- Samuel Slater and the Rhode Island system
- Embargo, war and the Boston Associates
- Life in Lowell
- Worked example: why the mills hired farm daughters
- Cotton, slavery and the mills
- Machines beyond textiles
- Workers push back
- Worked example: two sources on mill life
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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