What factors caused New England to be an ideal place for factories?

A ______ gives a person legal rights to an invention.

In the 1830s _______ began to form quickly because the laws in the US changed.

What was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution?

The creation of the ___________ by Francis Cabot Lowell increased the efficiency of factories.

_______ invented the cotton gin which helped to increase cotton production.

New industrial towns began to develop near

Who brought over, illegally, the designs of textile mill machines to the US from Britain?

The invention of ______ allowed unskilled workers to get factory jobs.

The first official ______________ was taken in the United States in 1790.

The _____________ was 363 miles in length and connected Buffalo to New York City.

Boats are raised and lowered in a canal using a system of _______.

Pioneer women in the west would often get together for _________ parties.

These roads were built in muddy or swampy areas by laying logs side-by-side.

The ___________ was the first road built with money from the federal government.

People moving west often settled on or near

___________ created a road using an old Native American hunting path.

Boone built Wilderness Road through the ________________.

River cities (St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc) began to grow with the creation of ____________ as a means of transportation.