1. Market Revolution Definition and Causes
Imagine a time before technology or currency

2. EQ:
Was the overall impact of the market revolution positive or negative?

3. Before Market Revolution: 1600s-1700s
Small farms; production for family
Soap, milk, food, clothes, etc. all made at home (mostly women)
For missing goods, people bartered: a bag of apples for three bars of soap
Almost no selling to others; not much use for money

5. What is the Market Revolution?
Market = people buying goods (not just a building)
Ex. “the teenage market” = big $$
Market Revolution = expansion of market
Less bartering
Commercialization: producing to sell for profit; use of CASH

6. Causes-Why the Market Revolution? Why then?
Transportation Revolution: access to cities (a market) easier/cheaper = encourages profit (commercial) farms
Use of Machines (need loan, produce more for profit)
Commercialization: farmers traveling west need loans for land = cash market; produce for market to pay loans

9. Assignment You will examine 8 Documents as a group.
Guiding Question: Was the overall impact of the market revolution positive or negative?

10. DBQ Practice-Market Revolution
Question- To what extent did the Market Revolution have a positive impact on the United States in the early 19th century?
On a separate sheet of paper, write:
1. Thesis sentence (with thesis/categories of evidence)
2. Body paragraph (one of the categories of evidence you chose)
Use at least 2 documents in your paragraph as evidence
Include ONE of the following in your analysis of each paragraph
Historical Context
Intended Audience
Point of View
Purpose