The first power-driven spinning mill in the United States was built by ____ in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
A)Richard Arkwright
B)Nathaniel Appleton
C)Francis Cabot Lowell
D)Samuel Slater
E)Thomas Edison

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Samuel Slater built the first power-driven spinning mill in the United States in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1790. The mill was based on the design of English inventor Richard Arkwright's water frame and helped to launch the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Nathaniel Appleton was a businessman and early investor in textile mills, but did not build the first power-driven spinning mill. Francis Cabot Lowell was a businessman who helped to develop the textile industry in New England, but he did not build the first power-driven spinning mill either. Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor known for his work in electricity and light bulbs, but he was born more than a century after the first power-driven spinning mill was built.

The First Power-Driven Spinning Mill in the United States Was