The Market Revolution


Regional Specialization

Turnpikes

       -National Road (1811)

Riverboats

       -Robert Fulton, Clermont (1807)
  
       -Washington (1817)

Canals

       -Erie Canal (1825)

Railroads
 
       -Baltimore and Ohio RR
 
       -Peter Cooper

       -Tom Thumb (1829)
 
       -Charleston and Hamburg RR (1833)

 

 Textile Mills

       -Samuel Slater
 
       -Richard Arkwright

       -Francis Cabot Lowell

              -Boston Associates


Industrialization

       -Specialization

       -Factory

       -Powered Machinery

 

Moving West

       -Public Domain

               -Squatters

 

Old Northwest

       -Girdling 

       -Self-Sufficiency

       -Commercial Agriculture

              -Wheat 

 

The South

       -Plantations

              -Sea Island Cotton

              -Green Seed Cotton

                         -Eli Whitney

                         -Cotton Gin (1793)

       -Upland Yeoman Farming


 


      

 

 Fall Line
   The Fall Line 

Clermont_Robert_Fulton
 Robert Fulton's Clermont

RiverboatsRiverboats
              Riverboats

 Lockport (Erie Canal) Canals & Turnpikes
            Lockport      Canals & Turnpikes

Railroads 1850 Railroads 1860  
Railroads 1850    Railroads  1860 

 
           RR 1828                   RR 1829


           RR 1831                      RR 1836                    RR 1850

Master Craftsman Shoe Cobbler
 Master  Craftsman       Shoe Cobbler

Lowell, Mass.
 Lowell, Massachusetts   

Factory Women Mill Women 
      Factory Women             Mill Women  

    McCormick Reaper Factory
  McCormick Reaper Factory

  Range & Townships
Range and Township

Whitney Cotton Gin PatentCotton Gin
  Whitney's               Cotton Gin
   Patent