Unit 3 Intro

What did Francis Cabot Lowell carry with him from Great Britain during the War of 1812?

• Pirated plans for the power loom

• British textile machinery

• Secret government documents

• British industrial workers

Why did the British frigate intercept Lowell's ship halfway across the Atlantic?

• To confiscate pirated plans

• To recruit Lowell for espionage

• To offer him a business deal

• To provide military support

What was the attitude of the Founding Fathers towards intellectual piracy according to the text?

• They condemned it

• They tolerated it

• They were unaware of it

• They actively discouraged it

Who among the following actively encouraged intellectual piracy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?

• Thomas Attwood Digges

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What was the primary reason the British government banned the export of textile machinery and the emigration of skilled workers?

• To restrict technological advancements

• To protect its economic supremacy

• To encourage local craftsmanship

• To promote international cooperation

What did Thomas Attwood Digges distribute throughout the manufacturing centers of Ireland and England?

• Foreign products

• British textiles

• Hamilton's report on manufactures

• Copies of American patents

Under the Patent Act of 1793, what did the United States grant to Americans who pirated technology from other countries?

• Legal immunity

• Financial incentives

• National recognition

• Technological exclusivity

What did Samuel Slater, who posed as a farmhand, bring to the United States in 1789?

• Pirated spinning frames

• Agricultural machinery

• Cotton seeds

• Livestock

What nickname did the English have for Samuel Slater?

• "Father of American Manufactures"

• "English Emigrant"

• "Pioneer of Textile Revolution"

• "Slater the Traitor"

What did Francis Cabot Lowell do in 1814 that improved upon the pirated British technology?

• Founded the first American cotton mill

• Patented the power loom design

• Established the first water-powered textile mill

• Fled to Great Britain with the stolen technology