Sam Patch: The Rise Of Industrialization

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Sam Patch’s father, who was a drunkard, exhausted all his family fortune, and in 1807 the Patches moved to the mill village of Pawtucket. This was a climactic moment in their history because it marked their passage out of the family economy and into the labor market. This caused the Patches to be dependent on factory owners for a job. Factory spinners, including Sam Patch, were people with a lot of pride and dignity. Before 1820, most spinners in New England mills were emigrants from the factory towns of Lancashire England. They were veterans who knew that their skills were essential, and they commanded respect (Johnson 23). Industrialization brought with it urbanization or city growth but it had an unintended consequence of creating massive wealth gaps between the rich people and the working class people. …show more content…

Space is an essential commodity in setting up an industry. Mr. Crane, a sawmill owner, bought forested land in the north bank of Passaic Falls in August 1827. In September, he turned it into a commercial pleasure garden, announcing that he would reshape the forest in the name of material and moral progress. Crane’s advancement privatizes and commercializes, he as well alters the

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