GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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New England
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the Midwest
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the West
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the South
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why were most of the nation’s early factories located in New England? Swift-moving streams and rivers provided a source of power, poor soil conditions made farm families willing to do factory work, and it had ships and access to the ocean to transport finished goods.
Detailed explanation-2: -In New Hampshire, they built them in Manchester, Dover, and Nashua. And in Maine, they built a large mill in Saco on the Saco River. Other entrepreneurs copied them. By the time of the Civil War, 878 textile factories had been built in New England.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first factories were built alongside rivers that rushed down out of the mountains. This rushing water turned big waterwheels that made the machines in the factories run. A second reason was people power. The Northeast was a good place for people who wanted to start businesses.