The Spinning Jenny is an item that did contribute to the industrialization of the wool and cloth industries and helped move people into the factory system. In 1768 Richard Arkwright made a spinning machine that produced stronger cotton thread, but it needed water to run and was called a water frame. He forms a partnership and creates the first English mill. By 1780 there were over 100 mills in England, and was protected by the English government. Samuel Slater had worked or Arkwright and memorized the designs of the spinning machine and started the first mill in the United States in 1791. One of the other influences was James Watt's invention in 1760 of the steam engine allowed factories to be built away from a water source. The steam engine also brought the steam train and the steam boat.
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