Answer:
1. Farming
2. Sammuel Slater
3. natural resources
Explanation:
1. Before the industrializatiom most Americans made living through agriculture, particularly farming, planting in large hectares of land known as plantation. Their major farm produce are Indian corn, tobacco, rice and cotton.
Hence, prior to industrialization most Americans made a living by FARMING
2. Samuel Slater was considered as the father of the American Industrial Revolution, due to his role, in which he brought British textile technology from England to America. For this, he was referred to as Slater the Traitor in UK. He designed the first textile mills in U.S and expand the business of textile Mills, which was very lucrative during cotton plantation period, which in turn serves as the beginning of industrialization period America.
Hence, the father of the American Industrial Revolution was SAMUEL SLATER
3. The most important factor that caused the rapid industrialization of the United States was it's presence of iron and steel as the natural resources, this helps in construction of railroads, trains, high bridges, ship building and high rise buildings, these are agents industrialization caused by Natural Resources.
Hence, the most important factor in the rapid industrialization of the United States was Its NATURAL RESOURCES
