USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Samuel Slater (a) was a British migrant who brought plans for English textile mills to the United States and built the nation’s first successful water-powered mill in Pawtucket, Massachusetts (b).

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1790, Samuel Slater built the first factory in America, based on the secrets of textile manufacturing he brought from England. He built a cotton-spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, soon run by water-power.

Detailed explanation-3: -Samuel Slater introduced the first water-powered cotton mill to the United States. This invention revolutionized the textile industry and was important for the Industrial Revolution. Born in Derbyshire, England, to a prosperous farmer, Slater apprenticed at a mill at age 14.

Detailed explanation-4: -Andrew Jackson called Slater, the father of American Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -Slater is known as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.” His first mill, Slater Mill, in Pawtucket remains an important historic site that tells the story of the birth of the American Industrial Revolution. This event changed the United States forever, and still affects us today.