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Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Late Agricultural Revolution in United States
Triumph of Industry in the United States, 1865-1893

Market Revolution
The Market Revolution, 1800-1860
This is a series of 10 slides that summarize the Market Revolution. You will have to look at each of the summary points and search them for more information.
The Market Revolution
This is an outline of all of the important information.
Laissez-Faire Primer
Laissez-Faire

Transportation
Roads and Railways
Steamships
Canals
History of the Erie Canal
New York Canal History

Communication
Samuel Morse: The Telegraph

Inventions and Innovations
Inventions and Inventors
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney: The Cotton Gin
Samuel Slater
Machine Tools
Power Looms
Steam Looms
Steamboats
Elias Howe: The Sewing Machine

Labor
Women and Children
Child Labor in America
Child Labor and Child Labor Reform in American History
American Labor History
The Philosophy of the Manufacturers, 1835
Labor Movement

Lowell Textile Mills
Lowell National Historic Park
Digital History/City of Spindles: The Textile Mills of Lowell:
This is a great site of primary source documents. It actually covers many aspects of the Industrial Revolution as it took place in Lowell, Massachusetts.

"Mill Girls" at Lowell, Massachusetts
Harriet Robinson
Lowell Work Schedule
Factory Rules from the Handbook to Lowell, 1848

Immigration
Views of the Irish Potato Famine
Irish Immigrants
American Immigration Home Page
The Irish Famine
The Great Irish Famine

Working Conditions
Working Conditions in the Industrial Revolution
Disease and Deprivation
Living Conditions
Within These Walls: 1 House, 5 Families, 200 years of history

Strikes
Lowell Mill Strikes
Strikes: Scroll to the bottom for information on specific strikes.
Resolution on Land: National Trades' Union
U.S. Labor History: 1800s: This is a timeline.
Commonwealth v. Hunt
Trade Unions in America

Reform
Child Labor and Child Labor Reform in American History
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening and Rise of Evangelicalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
African American Religion
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
Women's History in America: Presented by Women's International Center:
Scroll down to Women in Reform Movements.
Women and Reform Movements in the United States: You will have to look through the many resources and links provided at this site. It is very comprehensive. It is a teacher site, but the resources are valuable for all researchers.

Industrial Revolution Links: General
An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
Industrial Revolution Index
The Industrial Revolution: Links: This site covers both England and the United States.
Industrial Revolution of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Kid Info: A lot of links to all elements of the Industrial Revolution.
Young Republic Pictures
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution resulted in more complex business operating requirements : This is great place to get an overview.