Surname 2waterfalls. He became a hero in the American culture. The story of Sam Patch helps us to gaininsights about the underlying relationships between the social structures which in turn help us todiscern the inherent relationship between industrialization and the institutions of freedom andequality during the period of Early Republic. The link between the industries and laborers wouldpossibly be described as that of master workmen, apprentices and semi-subsistencecultivators[ CITATION Ahm11 \p 12 \l 1033 ]. In the modern world, this could be closely tied tocapitalists versus workers[ CITATION Rei77 \l 1033 ].The varying levels of freedom and equality in America could perfectly be illustrated bythe removal of the indigenous Americans in the south, the advancement of the rights andcollective oppression of the blacks[ CITATION Jul09 \p 212 \l 1033 ]. Industrialization alsofacilitated the creation of the class system with a far-reaching difference between the richcapitalists and the meager wage workers. This enlightens the loss of equality that as a basis of forthe progressive movement.Owing to the class struggles, it would be impossible for the industries to establish asubstantial bond with the institutions of freedom and equality[ CITATION Rei77 \p 68 \l 1033 ].Quite often, industries work at their best to minimize costs and maximize profits. This was thetrend during the industrial revolution, and thus the factories paid low wages to their laborers. Theinstitutions of equality and freedom were obviously opposed to this and could hardly condone it.Industrialization in America can be attributed to various changes including themannerisms of living and the ways the individuals and societies interacted. It changed the qualityof life, economy and political consequences[ CITATION Per14 \p 402 \l 1033 ]. The countryportrayed a departure from the chiefly agrarian society to a mechanical culture. The majority of

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