Lowell Factories/Factory System 1813 (jan 1, 1813 – aug 29, 1813)

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there is 4 characteristics of the factory for example No child labor laws
No maximum weekly hours (40 hrs/wk today)
No health benefits
No mandatory public school attendance
Sweat shops
the person that invented the text mill was Samuel Slater in 1793 introduces machines to America
First factories were built in New England
Textile mills make thread and clothes .


the lowell factory was built by Francis Cabot Lowell
An experiment / innovation in the Textile Industry where young girls would live and work in a town built by textile mill owners.
Girls made $2.00/week and paid $1.25 for room and board to live in the boardinghouses.

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