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What event were responsible for the first wave of American industry.

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The most important cause of the Industrial Revolution in America was the Industrial Revolution in England. American businessmen such as Moses Brown and Francis Cabot Lowell saw in England that money could be made by building and operating textile mills, and they wanted in on the new way of making money.

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The event that was responsible for the first wave of America Industry was the expansion of cotton production and for that fact the textile factories grew up in New England. Another key point the participation of Samuel Slater in 1790, he built the first factory in America following his secrets if textile manufacturing he brought from England.

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