After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to the harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and spurred the American industrial revolution. Francis Cabot Lowell's Method-a detailed investment plan, cheap raw materials and power, a motivated labor force, a sound marketing plan, and above all, modern technology-became the standard for the American factory of the nineteenth century.
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1 List of Images 2 The Lowell Family Tree 3 Notable Lowell Descendants 4 Introduction: The New Industrial System 5 Occasionem Cognosce (Know the Opportunity): Motto of the Lowell Family 6 A Privileged Education 7 The Young Merchant: 1793-1802 8 The Brothers Lowell 9 The Merchant King: 1803-1808 10 Mr. Jefferson's Embargo 11 A Proper Bostonian on a Grand Tour 12 American Textile Industry Before 1814 13 Return to Boston 14 The Boston Manufacturing Company 15 The Tariff of 1816 16 Legacy 17 Original Sources 18 Acknowledgments 19 Bibliography
