What factors contributed to America’s industrial revolution? 1830 -1900 “The industrial
revolution consisted of the farm to factory where millions of Americans moved from farms
to towns and cities. Factory workers who worked in factories mainly in urban centers,
grew to about 20 percent..
Transportation advances helped the Industrial Revolution. People could travel further from
farms to cities. The two leading industries were textiles and shoes. This altered methods of
production and labor relations. The owners of these businesses hired young women for the
first time.
The shoe manufacturing industry reorganized production. Company owners hired women
as shoe binders who could work at home. Women took these jobs to make money and
build savings before marriage. In the late 1840’s owners began to hire immigrants that
would accept lower wages.
By the 1830’s businesses started getting larger. This started the growth of corporations.
Before this time corporations had to get a charter from a special act of state legislature. By
the 1830’s theses legal obstacles were removed from legislature making it easier to make a
large business with shareholders. After this, states began passing legislature that would
charge a fee to get a charter for a business making it easier than ever to start a business.
The emergence of factories helped the most when it came to industrial growth in America.
Manufacturing was now possible to be done under one roof as companies moved to mills
on the rivers of New England. Later into the industrialization, coal helped factories move
away from rivers and into other areas of the northeast. This boosted the American
