Samantha Samano

PD: 3
Long Answer Prompt: Market Revolution
To what extent was the Market Revolution a result of the following: Transportation,
Commercialization, Industrialization.

UnliketheAgeofJackson,theMarketRevolutionhadmadeahugeimpactinthehistory
oftheUnitedStates.TheAgeofJacksondidbringmuchopportunityforimmigrants,
organizationinoffice,andequalitytowardpeoplewhosupportedhisideas(primarilywhitemen
andwomen).AlthoughtheAgeofJacksonmadeanextensiveimpact.theresultoftheMarket
Revolutioncreatedalotoftransportationopportunitiestoahighextent,asmallamountof
commercialization,andsuccessfulindustrialization.
ThemainfactorthatwasbroughtduringtheMarketRevolutionwasthatof
transportation.Thereweremanyadvancewhichmadetradingaloteasierforworkersand
openedupopportunityforforeigntrade.MostoftheadvanceshelpedwithintheUnitedStates
likesteampoweredrailroadsinthe1850s,canals,andwaterbornetransportation.Thiswasone
ofthegreateradvancesinMarketRevolutionbecausetherewasmoremigrationwhichledto
peoplewithdifferentskillsimprovingtheindustry,transportationfortrade,andopportunityfor
morelandwithrailroads.OneofthemainimprovementswastheNationalRoadwhichcarried
migrantsthathadloadedwagonswithlivestocktotaketotheEast.Fromthis,statelegislators
charteredprivatecompaniestobuildtollroadsandturnpikeswhichalsohelpedeconomicallyfor
thestate.Therailroadswerealsoakeyfactorbecausetheywereabletotransportdifferent
productsthroughouttheUnitedStates.Withnewlinesbeinginvestedinbystatecharters,they
hadthemaincarriersofwheatandfreight.Somecarriedlivestocksuchascows,pigs,sheep,raw
cotton,andcorn.Thereasonwhyrailroadswereimportantwerenotonlybecauseoftrading

productsbutalsolinkedcitiestogetherwhichbuiltalliancesbetweenstatesandknewwhatwas
comingfromeachother.Canalswerealsooneofthesuccessfulprojectsinthistime.Oneofthe
mostfamouscanalswastheErieCanallocatedinNewYorkin1825.Thiscanalallowedwestern
farmerstoshipcropstosellintheNorthwhichwasthenfinishedtobesoldintheWest.This
broughtregionstogetherandcreatedtheirownsystemofcreatingandsellingproductswhichled
toeconomicsuccess.Waterbornetransportationwassuccessfulaswelltotradewithinthecoast
sincethereweretradingpostindifferentpartsofregionsandconnectedregionsaswell.Onelast
successfultransportationsystemwastheBlackBallLinewhichcarriedcargo,people,andmail
betweenNewYorkandLondon,Liverpool,andLeHavrewhichestablishedtransatlantic
shippingservicewhichwasscheduledandusedonaregularbasis.ThismadetheUnitedStates
abletocreatealliancesbytradeorofferproductstoforeigncountrieslikeNewYorkcooperating
withBrazil,Peru,andVenezuelaandofferedfinance,insurance,andshippingtosouthern
plantersandmerchants.TheresultoftheMarketRevolutionwaspositiveandstrongwhenit
cametotransportation.Alltheseadvancesbroughtsomecommercializationbutwasnttoavery
highextentastransportationwas.
CommercializationwasanotherresultoftheMarketRevolutionbutwassomethingthat
wasntakeycomponent.Whatitdidbringwasorganizationinstates,similartotheAgeof
Jackson,buttheorganizationofthestatescamefromthetransportationsystemsthatlinked
differentregionstogetherandcongressallowingpeopletopurchaseland.InMap9.2,asmore
peoplemovedupNorth,therewasalsonewstatesformedintheIowaterritorywhichwereIowa
andMinnesota,Wisconsinhaddeveloped,andintheunorganizedterritory,theNebraska
territorywasestablishedalongwithKansasandTexas.Withthesenewterritoriesbroughtby

transportationcamemerchantssellingtheirproductstootherpeopleoftheregion.Allpeoplehad
differentproductsandsomewereintroducedtothingsforthefirsttime.Thisbroughtawareness
ofwhateachregionhadtoprovidelikelivestock,differentgrowingcrops,anddifferentraw
materialstomakenewproductsoutof.PeoplestartedmovingWestbecauseoftheproductsthat
wereproducedandtherewaseconomicgrowththerewhichshowswhytheymoved.
CommercializationwasnotreallyaresultoftheMarketRevolutionbutwasaresultofthe
advancesintransportation.Itwasusefulbutwasntmuchofaresulttoahighextent.
Lastly,industrywasaveryimportantandalargeresultoftheMarketRevolutionbecause
ofofnewbusinessesandnewinventionswhichchangedthewaythingsandpeopleworkedin
theUnitedStates.Themainstatuesofindustryinthistimewastheinventionofsteamboats,the
PostOfficeActof1792,andentrepreneursbuildingwarehouses,machineshops,andtransit
centers.Withthenewproductofthesteamboat,itaddedflexibilitytotheMississippibasins
riverbasedtransportationsystemandhelpedproductsgettowheretheyneededtobeatafaster
pace.Thisbroughtpeopletoconductmoretradeandproductionofmoresteamboatstohelp
thosewhowouldgoandsell.AnotherstepupwasthePostOfficeActof1792whichmademore
thaneightthousandpostofficestodeliverbanknotesandletterssafely.Withmorepostsbeing
made,themailindustrybegantogrowandasshowninmoderndays,themailsystemhas
workedandcontinuesto.Entrepreneursbuiltwarehouses,flourmills,packingplants,machine
shops,andtransitcenterswhichbroughteconomicsuccesstosmallbusinessownerswhose
companiesmayhavegrown.OneofthegreatersuccessintheindustrywasJohnDeeres
inventionofthesteelplowwhichhelateropenedafactorywhichproducedamassproductionof
plowswhichbroughttoolsforfarmersandothers.Itprimarilyhelpsfarmerswhichmadetheir

jobmucheasierandfaster.OtherssuchasMcCormickandHusseymassproducedtheselfraking
reaperswhichwasabletoharvest12acresofgrainadayandtheseproductsgrewmorein
economicstandards.Moremoneycameinwhichledtointerestfromforeigncountriestotrynew
products.Asshown,theindustrywasahugeandusefulresultoftheMarketRevolutionand
broughteconomicgrowthbutsimplerlivesforworkingclassAmericans.
TheinitialgoalthatpeopleexpectedfromtheMarketRevolutionwastocomemerelyto
trade,tomakemoney,andnotlive.Theyexpectedworktodotobuildontheirlivesandnotonly
didthathappen,butitdidmaketheirlivesslightlyeasierwithcommercialization,transportation,
andindustrialization.TheresultoftheMarketRevolutionwasveryhighwhenitcameto
transportationandcontinuestobe,commercializationwasusefulandrelevantbutwasmoreofa
traitoftheMarketRevolutionthanaresultof,andindustrializationmadealargeimpactduring
andaftertheMarketRevolution.WhattheMarketRevolutiondiddowascutofflimitsbetween
socialorderwiththeintroductiontonewproducts.Almosteveryoneeats,drinks,anddressesin
thesamewaywhichgivesarepresentationofhowtheMarketRevolutionstraitsbroughtmore
socialorderandmadeastrongerimpactontheUnitedStates.