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Richard Arkwright invented water frame
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US government worried about a possible war with France
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Wars between European powers had interfered with US trade
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first mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island was opened
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Slater formed his own company to build a mill
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Eli Whitney tried to address some of America's problems
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Mill companies started spreading
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Whitney was called to Washington DC to give a demonstration of his interchangeable parts
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Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin suggested some reasons why there were so few factories in the US
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war
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Boston manufacturing company built a larger mill in Massachusetts
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Sam Slater died
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finacial panic
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Mrtain Van Buren granted 10 hour work days
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Sarah Bagley was elected vice president