Forging the National Economy 1790-1860
The Industrial Revolution Overview Textile Industry – Great Britain Factory System Improved Transportation and Communications
U.S. Resistance to Industrialization Population Density - Urban Areas Western Lands Capital Investments Raw Materials Secrets kept by Europeans
Early Industrialization in U.S. 1814 - Waltham, Massachusetts – the birth of the Lowell System and the beginning of the industrial revolution in the United States Water Power - Steam Power Samuel Slater Moses Brown Eli Whitney
Impact of Factory System Firearms Industry Principle of Interchangeable Parts Elias Howe - Isaac Singer Samuel F.B. Morse Birth of Industrial Corporations Limited Liability State Charters
Labor Conditions Depersonalization Child - Female Labor Martin Van Buren Commonwealth v. Hunt
Western Farms as Part of the National Economy Transportation Problems Ohio Valley - Cotton South Connection Steamboats John Deere Cyrus McCormick
More Efficient Transportation Systems Turnpikes Steamboats - Keelboats Robert Fulton Canals - Erie Canal, 1825 Railroads North-West Connection
Western Frontier – Birthplace for American Character Alleghenies Alexis de Tocqueville
The Influence Urban Areas on the American Character
Immigration as an Influence on the American Character Irish - Urban Folk - Tammany Hall Germans - Prosperous Farmers
Anti-Foreign Reactions Religious Intolerance Order of the Star-Spangled Banner, 1849