I. Growth of the Market Economy

Influence of the embargo

Government involvement in economy

Protective tariff

Internal improvement

II. Growth of factory production

Eli Whitney

Lowell, Massachusetts

III. Transportation Revolution

National Road: connects St. Louis to Baltimore

Erie Canal: built 1825

Steamboats: importance on Mississippi

Railroads: growth after 1840

TIMELINE

1793                Eli Whitney invents cotton gin

1810-20           Cotton boom starts

1811                First steamboat in west

1817-25           Erie Canal built

1820                Lowell established

1825-40           Transportation revolution

1844                Telegraph

IV. Communication Revolution

Telegraph - 1844

V. Urbanization and population growth

Factors leading to urbanization

Social impact of market revolution

Population growth between 1790 and 1850

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