The Market Revolution took place between 1793-1860 in the East. Agricultural shifts and growing demand in factory jobs led to this. Some words to describe this revolution would be commercialization, industrialization, and transportation.

The South

-New technologies allowed North, South, and West to improve means of transportation and more.

• One of these new technologies was the cotton gin, created by Eli Whitney.

  -Cotton became most popular cash-crop in the south.

• Slavery increased in the South due to rise in importance of cotton.

  The North

• Eli Whitney also made a large impact in the North, with his interchangeable parts of a firearm. This lead to an industrial revolution. (period of great industrial change)

• Number of factories increased, which lead to urbanization

• Lowell Mill was most famous mill (Massachusetts). Young girls worked here.

  The West

• Some popular crops in the west at this time were wheat, corn, hogs, and cattle

  The East

• Inventions such as the reaper and steel plow became popular, west became mostly cash-crop farms producing many popular crops.

  The East

• where the market revolution mainly took place

  What was the antebellum era?

• The antebellum era was the period before the War of 1812. This era took place while the industrial revolution was starting, and caused the 3 regional economies to be connected due to multiple factors.

• ^Some of these factors being Henry Clays American system plan, new forms of transportation and more.