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Samuel Slater
Samuel Slater emigreated ot the United States from Britain. He built a spinning machine by memory and a partial design. -
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin for faster production and it easily seperated cotton fivers from their seeds. -
William Cockerill
William Cokcerill illegally went to Belgium. He carried secret plans for building spinning machinery. -
Industrial Enterprise
William Cockerill's son built an enormous industrial enterprise in easter Belgium. It produced variety of mechanical equipment, steam engines, and railway locomotives -
Francis Cobot Lowell
Francis Cabot Lowell and 4 other investors revolutionized the American textile industry. They mechanized every stage in the manufacture of cloth. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone so you could talk to someone that you weren't with or couldn't see. It allowed you to communicate more easily. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. He invented it so people could see in the dark. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford invented the assembly line. It made work faster and went more smoothly, It was sued for mass production.