2. BY REBECCA RUBNITZ AND CORINNE WILLIAMS Transportation Revolution of the Early 1800s

3. Roads First advance in overland transportation Toll roads (“turnpikes”) The National Road - 1811 - Cumberland, Maryland, to the Old Northwest - built by U.S. federal government

4. Steamboats Robert Fulton - first voyage- 1807 Revolutionized river travel and trade Dangerous Two way economics

5. Steamboat http://quest.eb.com/#/search/steamboat/1/132_1226209/Steamboat-inScotland- 1813

6. Canals Erie Canal - between the Great Lakes and New York City - 1817 South Carolina Canal and Railroad - first long-distance line to begin operation - 1827

7. Erie Canal http://quest.eb.com/#/search/erie-canal/1/109_153170/Erie-Canal--Lock-at- Lockport--Engr

8. Railroads Richard Trevithick - 1804 Transformed landscape Introduced new cultures One of the nation’s largest business

9. Railroad http://quest.eb.com/#/search/transportation-revolution-railroad/1/109_1 37961/Locomotive-Locomotion-1825--Painting

10. Telegraphs Samuel Morse - 1844 Wires ran along railroad tracks Sent messages quickly from one place to another Expensive

11. Telegraph http://quest.eb.com/#/search/telegraph/1/102_544533/Printing-telegraph-used- to-send-the-first-submarine

12. Modern World Overall more advanced Roads  highways Steamboats  ships Canals Railroads  faster, hold more Telegraphs  phones

13. Work Cited Primary Sources 1. Robert Fulton. Photography. Encyclopedia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 24 Oct 2014.. 2. "Picaroon Steam-boats." Public Advertiser [New York] 16 May 1811: Print. Secondary Sources 1. Steamboat in Scotland, 1813. Photography. Encyclopedia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Oct 2014.. 2. Printing telegraph used to send the first submarine telegraph message, 1851. Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Oct 2014..

14. Erie Canal / Lock at Lockport / Engr. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 27 Oct 2014.. Locomotive 'Locomotion' 1825 / Painting. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 27 Oct 2014.. Dorr, Christina, and Jordan Main. "1800's Transportation & Technology." Northwest History Express. North West History Express, 2007. Web. 24 Oct. 2014..