Congress imposed tariffs (taxes on imports or exports) to protect the New England textile industry.
New England
Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries in the southern colonies.
The basis of the economy in the Southern American colonies was tobacco and cotton exports. As the colonies expanded westward, and later when much of the South was part of the USA, cotton exports expanded. There was demand for cotton in England as well as in the New England textile mills.
New England
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English textile mills depended on Southern cotton. England later began growing cotton in Egypt.
Congress imposed tariffs (taxes on imports or exports) to protect the New England textile industry.
The address of the Southern Textile Heritage Corridor is: Po Box 1016, Cooleemee, NC 27014-1016
The web address of the Textile Museum Associates Of Southern Cal Inc is: HTTP://WWW.TMASC.ORG/
London, England
It was Samuel Slater
It was Samuel Slater
New England
The first product to be Industrialized in England was the cloth (Textile)
Slavery provided labor for the developing textile industries in the southern colonies.
There are textile factories located in both the southern and northern parts of Philadelphia. The majority of textile factories tend to be located in the northern part of Philadelphia.