MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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The War of 1812
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the rivers and boats
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Many fast moving rivers made it easy for mills and factories to be built along them.
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man-made waterway that connected Albany on the Hudson to Buffalo on Lake Eerie. Provided the first all-water link between farms on the Central Plains and East Coast cities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Industrialized manufacturing began in New England, where wealthy merchants built water-powered textile mills (and mill towns to support them) along the rivers of the Northeast. These mills introduced new modes of production centralized within the confines of the mill itself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Industrialization in the Northeast produced the benefits of more consumer goods, greater employment, the accumulation of wealth for some, and new inventions designed to raise the standard of living.
Detailed explanation-3: -New England was an ideal location for early U.S. industry due in large part to its location and geography. The region has many rapid rivers, which were perfect for the water-powered mills needed to run factories.
Detailed explanation-4: -The textile industry was greatly impacted by a number of new inventions such as the flying shuttle, the spinning frame and the cotton gin. But it was the invention of the Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves that is credited with moving the textile industry from homes to factories.