a. Major aspects of the Market Revolution were the inventions of roads, steamboats, The Erie Canal, Railroads, and Telegraphs. Due to these inventions, new land was open to settlement, transportation costs decreased, and economic enterprises sold their products with ease. These inventions really helped the American economy flourish. The first roads built between 1800 and 1830 were efficient in transporting goods to market when it was a short distance, but when it came to long distance transportation it was not so efficient. Later on, the invention of steamboats turned out to be more efficient than roads because it dramatically increased the speed of transportation and lowered the expense of commerce. In 1825 a creative invention was The Erie