3 Things I learned:
- Britain's restrictions on the export of skill laborers and plans were not as strict as they had hoped them to be.
- Without James Watt's improvements to the design of the steam engine, much of the Industrial Revolution would not have come to pass.
- If Moses Brown had not sponsored Samuel Slater, the modern factory system would have been delayed in coming to the United States.
2 Things I found interesting:
- Samuel Slater's ability to memorize factory machinery plans and reproduce them was remarkable.
- The Erie Canal allowed for the easy export of grain from the United States' Mid-West to Britain after the repeal of the Corn Laws.
1 Question I still have:
- How did the steam locomotive make its way to America? Was it the product of earlier British designs of the brain child of a pioneering American inventor?
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