HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Created the first gun using a machine
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Built the first factory system, which puts several manufacturing steps together under one roof
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Built the first machine in America that spun cotton thread
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Invented the system of interchangeable parts
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a young British immigrant, Samuel Slater took credit for building the United States’ first successful water-powered cotton mill in 1790. By producing replicas of innovative cotton-spinning machinery recently developed by the English, Slater was able to create a fully operational facility in Rhode Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samuel Slater has been called the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” because he introduced the idea of mass production into the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lombe’s Mill, viewed across the River Derwent, 18th century., England from 1718-21, was the first successful powered continuous production unit in the world, and the model for the factory concept later developed by Richard Arkwright and others in the Industrial Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The factory system was a new way of making products that began during the Industrial Revolution. The factory system used powered machinery, division of labor, unskilled workers, and a centralized workplace to mass-produce products.