| 1793-1832 |
Historical Background in Early American Republic |
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| 1793-1815 |
war between Britain and France |
| 1801 |
Thomas Jefferson became president — “second American Revolution” |
| 1807 |
embargo by United States against both Britain and France |
| 1809 |
James Madison became president |
| 1812-1815 |
war between United States and Britain — “second American War of Independence” |
| 1800 |
$5,000 worth of books (740) ordered from Britain to start Library of Congress |
| 1814 |
Britain invaded Washington DC and burned down Capitol, including Library of Congress |
| 1815> |
Thomas Jefferson donated personal library (6,487 books) to re-start Library of Congress |
| 1832 |
Thomas Doughty, “Capitol, Washington D.C.” |
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| 1793-1832 |
Intellectual Property Theft and the Rise of Factory System in the United States |
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| 1789 |
Samuel Slater immigrated from Britain |
| 1790 |
Slater built first water-powered textile mill in United States (at Pawtucket RI) |
| 1790-1840 |
spread of technological invention, esp. in New England, along rivers |
| 1810-1812 |
Francis Cabot Lowell lived in England |
| 1825 |
Lowell established Boston Manufacturing Company, which built first fully mechanized textile mill in United States (at Lowell MA) |