Samuel Slater is often referred to as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution." What was his major c

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Samuel Slater is often referred to as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution." What was his major contribution?

	
Inventing the cotton gin

	
Developing the assembly line

	
Establishing the first successful textile mill in the United States

	
Introducing trade unions to protect workers' rights

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Establishing the first successful textile mill in the United States.

He brought British Arkwright-style textile technology from memory and built the first successful water-powered cotton-spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1793), jump-starting American industrial textile manufacturing.

Samuel Slater is often referred to as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution." What was his major contribution?

Inventing the cotton gin

Developing the assembly line

Establishing the first successful textile mill in the United States

Introducing trade unions to protect workers' rights

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Samuel Slater is often referred to as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution." What was his major contribution? Inventing the cotton gin Developing the assembly line Establishing the first successful textile mill in the United States Introducing trade unions to protect workers' rights

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