THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Detroit, MI
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Pittsburgh, PA
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New England
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Atlanta, GA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Massachusetts became the leading cotton textile state by 1831 and Rhode Island, the early leader, gradually slipped to a level of about ten percent by the 1850s; New Hampshire and Pennsylvania housed approximately similar shares as Rhode Island by that time.
Detailed explanation-2: -While Manchester produced the textiles, Liverpool was the commercial centre that facilitated it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explore our Textile Industry collection and discover why Manchester, dubbed ‘Cottonopolis’, was once the international centre of the cotton industry.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Jefferson’s embargo on British manufactured goods from late 1807 to early 1809 (discussed in a previous chapter) spurred more New England merchants to invest in industrial enterprises. By 1812, seventy-eight new textile mills had been built in rural New England towns.