USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mechanized textile production spread from Great Britain to continental Europe and the United States in the early 19th century, with important centres of textiles, iron and coal emerging in Belgium and the United States and later textiles in France.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the early American industrial revolution was largely confined to New England, it eventually to spread to the West and then, after the second industrial revolution occurred in the late 19th century, spread to the South.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spread of the Industrial Revolution The first countries after Britain to develop factories and railroads were Belgium, Switzerland, France, and the states that became Germany. Building a national railroad system proved an essential part of industrialization.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two Englishmen, William and John Cockerill, brought the Industrial Revolution to Belgium by developing machine shops at Liège (c. 1807), and Belgium became the first country in continental Europe to be transformed economically.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Industrial Revolution first spread to America after being smuggled out of Britain by Samuel Slater who immigrated to the United States during the 18th Century. He opened a textile mill in the Black River Valley in Rhode Island powered by his smuggled steam engine.