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The Industrial Revolution was a revolution in the ways goods were being produced. This was the switch from hand tools to machinery, and the switch from homes to factories. The Industrial Revolution was a time when a lot of new inventions were coming out. Some of the outcomes of these inventions, like the spinning jenny and the cotton gin, helped people of that time and made their life easier. Some outcomes from these inventions were not as helpful, and caused the spread of slavery. Although the Industrial Revolution brought some hard times to America, the struggle was worth it. With the Industrial Revolution, America was modernized. We grew through this experience. Samuel Slater was a mechanic who came to the United States from England in 1789. During that time in America, almost all goods were made by hand in the home. In England however the English mechanics had invented the spinning je