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236. Growth of Manufactures, 1789-1800.
236．制造業的發展（1789~1800年）
As soon as the new government with its wide powers was established, manufacturing started into life. Old mills were set to work. While the Revolution had been going on in America, great improvements in the spinning of yarn and the weaving of cloth had been made in England. Parliament made laws to prevent the export from England of machinery or patterns of machinery. But it could not prevent Englishmen from coming to America. Among the recent immigrants to the United States was Samuel Slater. He brought no patterns with him. But he was familiar with the new methods of spinning. He soon built spinning machinery. New cotton mills were now set up in several places. But it was some time before the new weaving machinery was introduced into America.
隨著新政府及其強大政權的建立，制造業迅速得到發展，人們重新開動原有的作坊。在美國進行革命戰爭的同時，英國人在紡紗和織布方面取得了巨大進展。英國議會通過法律禁止英國出口機器和機器零件，但是，法律不能禁止英國人來到美國，在當時移民到美國的人當中就有薩繆爾·斯萊特，他隨身帶著一些機器零件，此人熟悉紡織的新方法，很快他就造出了紡織機。此時，人們在一些地方建造新的棉花作坊。但是，新式織布機是在此一段時間以后才被引進到美國。
