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Mills were located in New England because of these?
rivers
Prior to the Civil War a transformation occured in the workforce of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by who?
Irish Immigrants
Who was a primary source of labor for the textile mills?
Young and unmarried women from rural New England.
Why did the US Industrial Revolution appear first in New England?
New England had many rushing rivers and streams. These provided the water power necessary to run the machinery in the New England factories. New England's geographic location also proved to be an advantage. It was close to others resources, including coal and iron from nearby Pennsylvania. New England also had many ports. through these ports passed the cotton shipped from southern states to new England factories.
Who is the immigrant from England helped to build a new textile mill in Rhode Island based on the new mills in England?
Samuel Slater is the man who brought textile factories to the New England area in the late 1700's. He was known as the Father of Standard American Revolution, and was responsible for most factory industry in America.
What made New England a prime location for the American Mills?
New England had some fast running streams that could power the mills. It had Francis Cabot Lowell that went to England to see how mills ran there. It also had young women that needed a job to run the mills.
How did the New England's natural resources help its commerce?
Farming attracted people to New England. Farming was New England's main economic activity. People also used waterpower from the streams on their land in order to run mills for grinding grain or sawing lumber. They used wood in the forest to make ships for transportation. They also fished for cod, halibut, crabs, oysters, and lobsters for food and trade.
Mills were located in New England because of these?
rivers
Region of US where textile mills flourished?
New England
Who was the immigrant from England that helped build a new textile mill in Rhode Island based on the new mills in England?
Samuel Slater :)
How did most people earn a living in England?
How am I supposed to know!?Why didn't you ask Google in the first place!?They would have at least gave you a real answer.Most people in New England earned a living by working in factories and mills.
How did new England colonists power saw mills?
Waterfalls/ Mill wheels in rivers.
What is an FM radio station that streams New England Patriots games in Connecticut?
102.1 or 106.9
What group of immigrants was most visible in New England textile mills in the 1840s?
women & children
Prior to the Civil War a transformation occured in the workforce of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by who?
Irish Immigrants
Where did they build textile mills?
The first textile mills were built in New England. The first yarn spinning mill was in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the late 1700's. The first true textile mill was built in Boston around 1830. Soon many other mills dotted New England. There are still a few mills operating in the original old buildings in Fall River, MA, but overall the mills are few and far between.
Workers in early Massachusetts textile mills were?
mostly young single women from the new england countryside..
