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The Louisiana Purchase was a huge contribution to nationalism.It doubled the size of the United States which increased the sense of pride in every American. Gaining this vast amount of land also gave people more territory to move to, settle, farm, or industrialize. This led to Americans feeling as if they had gained a larger sense of freedom. Citizens of the United States now had an opportunity to explore new land, and start a new life. The Louisiana Purchase led to an increase in agriculture, trade and exploration. Additionally, permission was granted to travel along the Mississippi River. Dependency on Spain for trade and commerce could be terminated and disagreements and conflicts with French were finally settled. The Louisiana Purchase …show more content…

The embargo forced the United States to produce their own goods which required them to become less dependent on England and France, which in turn kept the peace between the two nations without giving in to their demands. Standing up to England and France amplified America's prestige on the world stage because it showed the rest of the world that America wasn’t afraid to stand up for itself and gave America more confidence. Instead of the embargo hurting the British and French economies, proving to them that they needed America to survive, which was what Jefferson originally intended, it ended up hurting the American economy long before Britain or French felt the impact. Although, the embargo failed in the end, the amount of nationalism created along the way was significantly empowering to the American …show more content…

In 1791, Samuel Slater established first textile mill in Rhode Island. Textile factories emerged slowly, but then became extremely more common from 1807 to 1814. After the Treaty of Ghent, 150 out of 151 mills close in Rhode Island. The Tariff of 1816 was then implemented in 1816 to protect textiles. In 1793 Eli Whitney patents the Cotton Gin, a device for removing seeds from cotton. This leads to the increase of the cotton industry in deep south and it also causes a renewed commitment to slavery. In 1798, interchangeable parts are introduced and a contract with the United States government is created for gun manufacturing. The Erie Canal also impacts America and increases nationalism in the states. Because of the Erie Canal, towns and cities began emerging on the canal. This transforms the Trans-Allegheny west into a center of commercial agriculture. The manufacturing of new inventions and improvements in transportation including roads, canals, steamships, and railroads, leads to the development of the United States economy becoming a national market economy which causes an increased sense of nationalism in the American people because they become more united and therefore, took another step into forming a totally unified

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They had to go to the newly bought Louisiana territory which no one knew about. This increased the United States size 2x. They needed to find this waterway to communicate and to export goods around the world. People would also use this waterway to transport. During this expedition they figured out how big the newly purchased land is.

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21. Louisiana Purchase- The purchase had happened when President Thomas Jefferson had bought the land from Napoleon Bonaparte of France, as Napoleon needed money to fund the war with France against Britain. As soon as Jefferson had purchased the land area it had made the U.S. twice its size. Jefferson had also sent Lewis and Clark to go and review the land and bring back information on the purchased area.

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Although the act just banned exports, its deliberate effect was to discontinue imports as well, for a very small number of foreign vessels would travel to American ports if had to depart lacking cargo. The embargo did not reach Jefferson’s intended effect, as the British rapidly invested in new markets in South America despite their trades in the United States dropping by 50 percent in one year. Moreover, the Embargo Act had loopholes such as the one that permitted American ships to stop at European ports if they got lost; abruptly, numerous ship captains were recounting that strong winds had carried them throughout the Atlantic. The United States felt the bleakest outcomes of the embargo, forcing thousands of seamen, merchants, and farmers into

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Also, with the control of the Mississippi river we could now have stronger trade and be able to use the Mississippi river for different things. This evidence supports that it was a very smart move that the United States decided to make the Louisiana Purchase with France. To conclude, the Louisiana Purchase was a very smart move by the United States because this allowed many positive thing to happen. First, it allowed the western country to have peace and prosperity mainly with the Indians and opened a free and valuable market. Second, it doubled the size of the United States making it a bigger and stronger nation.

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In 1803, The United States of America bought the Louisiana Purchase from France. Because of this purchase, the United States doubled the size of the nation. The territory stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River and from the Canadian Border to the Gulf of Mexico. This purchase is considered one of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements as president. Jefferson was excited to learn what this new land held.

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The Erie Canal played an enormous part in the economic growth in the United States. The Canal helped to cause an increase in industry along the Hudson River. Now, commercial vessels could travel all the way from the Hudson River to Lake Erie (Doc. 1A). This meant that they could bring goods to the people that couldn’t normally get them, because they were too expensive, or they had no way to get to them. Thousands of settlers began to utilize the Erie Canal to move west (OI).

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The Louisiana Purchase was a “land deal” made between France and the U.S. in December of 1803, where France sold America 828,000 miles of land along the west side of the Mississippi River for 15 million dollars (approximately 4 cents per acre). People regard it as Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievement because of how drastically it changed the United States. The purchase greatly expanded America and brought many other benefits along with it. Although it was definitely a major benefit to the United States, even Jefferson had his doubts about the purchase. But despite many doubts, the U.S. made the decision to ratify the purchase, and because of that decision, America has changed for the better.

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The American Industrial Revolution was prompted mostly by the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. Stephen Yafa was the author of “Camelot on the Merrimack.” The word “Camelot” is unusual because of the situations of the mill girls’ working hours, low pay, and working conditions. “Camelot” is usually thought of a prefect, beautiful time, place, and situation, like a fairy tale.

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Napoleon fails to take back control of Santo Domingo, and as a result he no longer requires any of the land in Louisiana. On a whim, he sells the entire territory to America for $15,000,000. Napoleon withdrew French influence in the Americas to fight the war in Europe, and the British also had minimal political influence in the Americas. Spain lost most of it’s colonial power in the Americas, and was irritated at the purchase, because of the large amount of power it gave the United States.

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The period after the civil war saw the United States of America economy transform to become a national economy and an industrial giant. The already existing industries quickly expanded and new ones emerged including steel manufacturing, electrical power, and petroleum refining. This period saw the rapid expansion of the railroad network which would subsequently connect even the remote parts of the country into the national economic grid essentially transforming the regional markets into a national economy. Following the economic expansion, the American society was greatly transformed creating a new crop of wealthy individuals and a dynamic middle class. Additionally, there was a vast expansion of blue collar job opportunities which quickly

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Industrialization was the centerpiece of America’s economic development and it helped America to become known as a land

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Throughout American History, revolutions in transportation have affected the American society politically, socially and economically. Soon after the war of 1812, American nationalism increased which leads to a greater emphasis on national issues, the increase in power and prevalence of the national government and a growing sense of the American Identity. Railways, canals, and Turnpikes began to increase making many people employed. The era of 1830-1860 represents a shift from agrarianism to industrialism. Overall, during the transportation revolution, construction of turnpikes, roads, canals, and railroads led to the market economy expansion, an increased population in America and alternations of the physical landscape of America.

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Henry Clay believed that the future success of the Americas was to be dictated by the effectiveness of “The American System”. After the war of 1812, the United States was flooded with imports from Great Britain. Coffee, tea, textiles, sugar, and many other items were delivered to American ports by multiple British manufacturers as they unloaded their inventories into the American market. While these products helped fulfill the stifled demand for inexpensive consumer goods, they undermined domestic manufacturing in America. In order to generate more revenue, the United States began by putting in place high tariffs to help protect its domestic industries.

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Which was a very hard and money costing route to take just to ship goods. So, when we bought the Louisiana Purchase, that meant free access to routing western goods down the Mississippi River, through the New Orleans Port and then sailing either too an American east coast port, or going across the Atlantic to Europe

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The building of roads, canals and railroads played a large role in the United States during the 1800s. They served the purpose of connecting towns and settlements so that goods could be transported quickly and more efficiently. These goods could be transported fast, cheap and in safe way through the Erie Canal that was built to connect the Great Lakes to New York. Railroads were important during Civil War as well, because it helped in the transportation of goods, supplies and weapons when necessary. These new forms of transportation shaped the United States into the place that it is today.

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