Question

Englishman that had working experience of the cotton mills. He disguised himself and immigrated to America. He brought the ideas of the textile Industrial Revolution with him.

A.) Samuel Slater

B.) Adam Smith

C.) James Watt

Answer 1

The correct answer is A.

Samuel Slater (1768 – 1835) is known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" in the US and as "Slater the Traitor" in the UK. He brought the textil industrualization model from the UK when he inmigrated to the US, by copying the designs of the textile factory machinery where he worked as apprentice in the UK, adapting such designs to the characteristics of the new location.

He developed the first cotton mills in the US and ended up founding a very powerful family business there.