How Was The Market Revolution A Turning Point

The Market Revolution was vital to the development to America, creating a turning point for the country as a whole. This turning point including– but not limiting to– a change in several aspects: culture, connection of states, population growth, technological inventions, family tradition, women’s roles, and communication. Although the Market Revolution is not considered an Industrial Revolution, it is as much of a turning point as an Industrial Revolution would have been for America during the era of 1815-1860, by providing and establishing a connection between most states, doubling the population, and most importantly, creating goods for mass consumption rather than private consumption. The distinction between the Market Revolution and an

These inventions and government sponsored internal improvements created the first need for connectivity and communication between the states, people were no longer limited to the place in which they lived. Before this revolution, people were limited to land, Americans in the West had no idea what was happening in the East until days or even weeks later. The people were ‘united’ but were practically isolated by the inconvenient distance between places, the slow paced transportation, and the places that had yet been connected to a city or populated area. The need for connection between states became vital to America’s economy, once established, it helped the economy thrive, lowered costs of goods to people inland (Western America), and created an easier way for goods to travel through the

Before the Market Revolution, the women of the house would clean the house, make the clothes, teach the children, make the food, and weave the blankets. After the Market Revolution, more goods were being made under one roof by several workers with new inventions to make the process easier and faster and young women would work in the mills as part of the Lowell System. Families became smaller due to this shift from farm/homespun goods strictly made by the family and used for the family to ‘factory’ made goods for the consumption of the public. The demand for workers in the new factory system created a growth in the middle class and more jobs for those who migrated and