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The Nation's First Textile Mill
A skilled worker named Samuel Slater moved to the United States. He used his knowledge of textile machinery to build the nation's first Water-powered textile mill at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. -
Slavery and Cotton Production Increase.
Growing cotton required workers as well as land. Southern cotton planters used slaves. After federal law abolished the overseas slave trade in 1808, illegal trade brought in the slaves. Many slaves came from the fading tobacco plantations of Virginia and Maryland, where planters who once grew crops now acquired their income from trading slaves. -
New and Better Roads
In an effort to improve overland transportation, states operated turnpikes, which were roads in which users needed to pay a toll to use. The National Road was the nations best route which extended west from Maryland to the Ohio River. -
The United States Gains Spanish Territory
Due to American pressure and Adam's diplomacy, persauded Spain to sell Florida to the U.S. Spanish Control of Florida was weak since the Seminole War between the Spanish and the American Seminole Indians. -
Lowell Mill Girls Hold Strikes
The Lowell mill girls held many strikes when their employers cut their wages and increased their charges for boarding. They left their jobs and temporarily shut down the factories. This was an example of labor unions which were groups of workers who unite to seek better pay and work conditions.