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    Regalado AMH 2041 26 July 2015 The Portrayal Of Capitalism Through The Market Revolution The Market Revolution can be described as an early manifestation of capitalism, an era associated with a new sense of individual rights, equality, and freedom. The Market Revolution took place in the early 19th century, and it drastically changed not only the market and commerce of Americans but their personal lives as well. Before the Market Revolution America hadn’t seen any new life changing innovations, most of

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    The Market Revolution was the most fundamental change in American history all because of three very important developments. These developments consisted of transportation, commercialization and industrialization. Transportation developed many more ways to get around by roads, canals, steamboats and even railroads. Commercialization began to replace household self-sufficiency with goods that were starting to be produced for a cash market. Industrialization was life changing for all of goods that were

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    insinuated its Market Revolution to have happened as quickly as it did if it weren't for certain major factors which formed during 1790-1860? These major determining factors consisted of rapid population growth, urbanization, transportation and commerce along with growth in the industry and economy. The Industrial Revolution took off with great speed as a result of Westward expansion, and rapid large scale development. The American economy grew during this first part of the Industrial revolution, but it

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    The impact of the Market Revolution on the Northwest and Midwest can be seen through the movement of people to northern urban areas to work in factories, the increase of wheat production in the Midwest due to technology improvements, and the beginning of an independent national economy. The Market Revolution describes the transformation that occurred in America during the first half of the nineteenth century. At this time people were enslaved. Upper-class gained financial wealth from the new technology

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    nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution had a huge impact on the market revolution. The technological innovation in transpiration and communication all helped connect the nation, and opened up new markets. Previously, most seamstress were self sufficient, but some would make a few articles of clothing and sell. It wasn't until the sewing machine were they could produce several pieces of clothing. The advances in technology led the way, and open a new market for the textile industry it also created

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    nothing more than the inferior gender whose sole job was to raise children and to take care of the house, however the occurrence of the Market Revolution within 1800-1850 was able to widen the range of duties women were allowed to perform. This idea of the growth of the female role is strongly demonstrated by three main events and causes of the Market Revolution. The first being the creation of the Lowell-Waltham system, where teenage girls were influenced to work in factories in return for a place

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    In the 1970 the market revolution starts as local face to face. The person knew who fabricated their shoes, clothes basically most of things. As the years past things start to changed. The construction of the railroad in 1869 brought the connection between the east and west states in United States. These connections bring new ways of doing business. The market was not only local but national. The shoes fabricated in New York City could be bought with n California. Later the market expands and became

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    The market revolution was the time in which the disparities of the development came from the North, South and in the west, while the North made canals to help in the trade with the west. The south remained comparatively isolated. Market Revolution mostly changes the politics of America and the Society. The advent of the production and the factory system was permanently changed the traditional master-apprentice relation. It also sequenced the traditional craftsmen from the business by making them

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    Many social ramifications resulted from the Market Revolution (Schultz, 2013). The growth of cities, the impact on the environment, the changing face of the labor force, an increase in religious divisions, the beginnings of a working class and a middle class, and increased protest movements were six of the most remarkable ramifications. In 1850, 16 percent of Americans lived in towns of 8,000 people or more compared to 1830 when only five percent of American lived in such towns. Rapid deforestation

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    In my honest opinion, I do believe the American revolution was a product of market driven forces. For example, the main saying behind the American revolution was “no taxation without representation.” This was a direct response to the tax on tea which then led to the Boston Tea Party. This, however, was only one of the many reasons I believed that this revolution was economically driven. Before the end of the Seven Years War there was little, to no, reason to believe that one day the American

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