“Europe stretches to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844
EQ: To what extent did economic development cause the growth of American nationalism?
Transportation Revolution Increased flow of people and goods between Northeast, South & West
Steamboats 1807 – Robert Fulton built 1 st commercial steamboat
Canals Erie Canal! View on the Erie Canal, John William Hill
National roads (turnpikes)
Railroads
Market RevolutionMarket Revolution! Market Revolution 1 st industrial revolution ~1820s~1860
Development of small mills and factories
Lowell system
McCormick reaper works
Self-sufficient household/barter economy working for wages/cash economy Division of labor and specialization of occupations
Notable inventions In small groups, make a commercial or advertisement for 1 of these inventions! McCormick reaper (1831) John Deere steel plow (1837) Eli Whitney, cotton gin (1793) Elias Howe, sewing machine (1846) Telegraph, Samuel Morse (1844)
Regional specialization South – cotton North – textiles and machines West – grain and food *Effect on American society?*
EQ: To what extent did economic development cause the growth of American nationalism? Later irony?