2. “Europe stretches to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

3. EQ: To what extent did economic development cause the growth of American nationalism?

4. Transportation Revolution Increased flow of people and goods between Northeast, South & West

5. Steamboats 1807 – Robert Fulton built 1 st commercial steamboat

6. Canals Erie Canal! View on the Erie Canal, John William Hill

7. National roads (turnpikes)

8. Railroads

9. Market RevolutionMarket Revolution! Market Revolution 1 st industrial revolution ~1820s~1860

10. Development of small mills and factories

11. Lowell system

12. McCormick reaper works

13. Self-sufficient household/barter economy  working for wages/cash economy  Division of labor and specialization of occupations

14. 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)

15. Regional specialization South – cotton North – textiles and machines West – grain and food *Effect on American society?*

16. EQ: To what extent did economic development cause the growth of American nationalism? Later irony?