Blackstone Valley

(noun)

The Blackstone Valley, or Blackstone River Valley, is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was a major factor in the American Industrial Revolution.

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  • Early Textile Manufactures

    • Housed in a former fulling mill near the Pawtucket Falls of the Blackstone River, Almy & Brown, as the company was to be called, set about to make and sell cloth spun.
    • Slater's Mill was established in the Blackstone Valley, which became one of the earliest industrialized regions in the United States.
    • At its peak, over 1,000 mills operated in this valley.

  • Factories, Working Women, and Wage Labor

    • Slater's Mill was established in the Blackstone Valley, which became one of the earliest industrialized regions in the United States.
    • At its peak, more than 1,000 mills operated in this valley.

  • Indus Valley Civilization

    • The Indus Valley Civilization was an urban civilization from 3300-1300 BCE that covered most of present-day Pakistan and northwest India.
    • The Indus Valley period is well documented through the wealth of artifacts which have been excavated from its magnificent cities.
    • It is widely believed that most inhabitants of Indus Valley cities were tradespeople and artisans.
    • Around 1800 BCE, signs of decline began to emerge in the Indus River Valley.
    • After the collapse, regional cultures emerged showing influence of the Indus Valley Civilization to varying degrees.

  • Mill Towns and Company Towns

    • The regions around mill towns became manufacturing powerhouses along rivers like the Housatonic River, Quinebaug River, Shetucket River, Blackstone River, Merrimack River, Nashua River, Cochecho River, Saco River, Androscoggin River, Kennebec River, and Winooski River.

  • The Indus River Valley Civilization

    • The Indus River Valley Civilization, located in modern Pakistan, was one of the world’s three earliest widespread societies.
    • Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were thought to be the two great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, emerging around 2600 BCE along the Indus River Valley in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.
    • At its peak, the Indus Valley Civilization may had a population of over five million people.
    • The Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro, a city in the Indus River Valley Civilization.
    • Identify the importance of the discovery of the Indus River Valley Civilization

  • The Nile River

    • The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River Valley.
    • Most of the population and cities of Egypt lie along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan, and nearly all the cultural and historical sites of Ancient Egypt are found along riverbanks.
    • The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River Valley.
    • Egypt is rich in natural resources, such building and decorative stone, copper and lead ores, gold, and semiprecious stones, which are all found in the Nile River Valley.
    • High-quality building stones were abundant: the ancient Egyptians quarried limestone all along the Nile valley, granite from Aswan, and basalt and sandstone from the wadis (valleys) of the eastern desert.

  • Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization

    • The Indus River Valley Civilization (IVC) contained urban centers with well-conceived and organized infrastructure, architecture, and systems of governance.
    • The population of the Indus Valley Civilization may have once been as large as five million.
    • Unlike Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization did not build large, monumental structures.
    • Finally, experts have theorized that the Indus Valley Civilization had no rulers as we understand them, with everyone enjoying equal status.
    • This map shows a cluster of Indus Valley Civilization cities and excavation sites along the course of the Indus River in Pakistan.

  • The Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge

    • General George Washington and his army made camp at Valley Forge from December 1777 to June 1778 to protect Pennsylvania from the British.
    • Conditions at Valley Forge were extremely bleak.
    • Approximately 500 women spent the winter at Valley Forge.
    • A celebration of the alliance pact was organized in Valley Forge on May 6, 1778.
    • Washington's troops endured harsh conditions at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78.

  • Disappearance of the Indus Valley Civilization

    • The Indus Valley Civilization declined around 1800 BCE due to climate change and migration.
    • The great Indus Valley Civilization, located in modern-day India and Pakistan, began to decline around 1800 BCE.
    • The Indus Valley Civilization may have met its demise due to invasion.
    • By around 1700 BCE, most of the Indus Valley Civilization cities had been abandoned.
    • Discuss the causes for the disappearance of the Indus Valley Civilization

  • Bonds Payable and Interest Expense

    • Valley Company's accounting year ends on December 31.
    • On 2010 December 31, Valley issued 10-year, 12% yield bonds with a USD 100,000 face value, for USD 100,000.
    • Valley made the required interest and principal payments when due.
    • Valley must make an adjusting entry on December 31 to accrue interest for November and December.
    • Each year Valley would make similar entries for the semiannual payments and the year-end accrued interest.