A Time Period of Positive Change for American Society of the 18th-19th Century:
The British Industrial Revolution is marked as a powerful time period which impacted American lifestyles to a very large extent. Its outcome resulted in technological innovations, growth in machinery, urbanization, and transportation for the society of the (1800s-early 1900s). It is almost impossible to imagine what the world would be like without the impact and effects of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a time period of creations and new beginnings. Inventions during the Industrial Revolution changed the way people worked to a more efficient way with the use of machines. Before machines were invented, manual …show more content…
Cotton gin is short for Cotton engine. This new process of producing cotton contributed to mills in Great Britain and the American northeast. The innovation of machinery caused the south to become the world 's largest producer of cotton in during the time of the 19th century. This victory of the economy was followed by a human disaster as well. By 1820, a majority of the northern states completely prohibited slavery, but cotton led to a great amount of financial gain of the slavery system. Southern cotton supported northern textile mills, but northern transporters impacted the growth of the slave economy. Cotton gins transformed cotton production by advancing the amount of time it took to remove seeds from cotton fibers. Before the invention of the cotton gin, workers were forced to separate seeds and fiber by hand. By the mid-19th century, Cotton gin was a leading export in America. After Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, handling cotton became unchallenging which lead to cloth becoming inexpensive. “Cotton imports from Britain rose by 1,500 percent between 1820 and 1840” (Stearns 24). The cash crop better became known as King Cotton in the