Answer:
Samuel Slater was important to the industrialization of America because he used his knowledge to build the nation's first water-powered textile mill
Explanation:
Samuel Slater was an Anglo-American cotton industrialist born in Belper, Derbyshire, England, recognized as a founder of the US cotton industry and a pioneer of this manufacturing system, utilizing and improving the inventions of Sir Richard Arkwright. He is important to America's industrialization because he used his knowledge to build the country's first water-powered textile factory.
As an apprentice in England at Jedediah Strutt, slater has developed a wealth of knowledge in industrial cotton processing. Immigrated to the United States (1789), invited to manage cotton fabrications. He settled in Providence, Rhode Island, and opened the country's first major weave in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he made a fortune and died in Webster, Mass, U.S.A.
