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The American Market Revolution

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The Market Revolution not only changed America by substantially improving the infrastructure in terms of transportation, but also played a massive role in religion by unifying the Christians and emphasizing on individualism. Prior to the Market Revolution, America’s infrastructure quite inadequate, lacking the necessary roads, and technological advancements needed for efficient transportation. However, the revolution paved the way for many improvements such as the building of numerous roads like the Cumberland Road which allowed many horse drawn carriages travel a significantly further distance while also allowing carriages to travel much quicker. With the addition of canals and steam boats, such as the famous Erie Canal, good could now travel across the canals, vastly stimulating economic growth as canals created key points for trading and manufacturing and made transporting goods much more cheaper and quicker. Additionally, the addition of railroads, such as the Baltimore and Ohio railways, greatly improved the transportation of goods in America, greatly lowering the cost of transportation, made transportation much faster than before, and was also the bridge that connected the lower Midwest to the Northeast. Overall, all of these changes vastly improved the poor infrastructure that America had, greatly decreasing the overall cost of transportation, improved the efficiency of transportation and also increased economic growth. Moreover, The Market Revolution was the key factor to unifying the Christians together. The revolution greatly emphasized the values of fast paced industrialization and bustling urbanization that brought thousands of people into highly populated cities and factories, as opposed to the isolated, rural lifestyle they had prior to the revolution. This eventually led to a sense of community and unity in religion. Revivals got extremely popular and attracted literally anyone. Additionally, America also had a massive

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