The start of the American Industrial Revolution is often attributed to Samuel Slater who opened the first industrial mill in the United States in 1790 with a design that borrowed heavily from a British model. Slater's pirated technology greatly increased the speed with which cotton thread could be spun into yarn.
Irish monasteries became famous for their learning and many students came to study in them from other parts of Europe. Irish monks also spread Christianity across Europe.
The lasting effect of religious missionaries in Africa is that they spread Christianity. They established hospitals, clinics and offered modern medicine. They introduced European system of management and styles of dress. The Missionaries opened schools. Also training colleges too. They paved the way for the improvement of agriculture through establishing farms where new crops and better methods of farming and equipment were introduced. Furthermore, the missionaries fought slave trade. They also destroyed local industries like craft industries which were replaced with European products. Moreover, some African religions were lost to Christianity.
