THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

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INDUSTRY, FACTORIES AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED NUMEROUS METROPOLISES.

THE WAR OF 1812

• With the British blockade, America needed to be self-sufficient.
• This war helped America develop an autarky.
• Domestic production increased.
• America began its true independence.

INDUSTRIALIZATION'S BIRTH

• The Industrial Revolution began in Britain.
• In Britain, coal and water were combined to make steam as a source of power.
• Steam powered large machineries.
• The textile industry was the first to adapt these machines.

INDUSTRY IN AMERICA

• The first region to develop industry in America was the North.
• This is due to the fact that Britain had a higher influence in the North than the South.
• With a booming society, the South finally caught on.
• The South had their own unique influence of the Industrial Revolution.

A REVOLUTION WITHIN A REVOLUTION

THE NORTH

• Northern cities consisted of great industrial areas.
• These factories were the hearts of cities like New York.
• The North further acquired more people.
• Therefore, the North was highly populated compared to the South.

NORTHERN AGRICULTURE

• The North did not consist much of agriculture.
• The climate and soil of the North was not ideal for farming.
• Although, small farms were in existence, they could not support the nation.
• With no need of field labor, slaves were not in demand.

THE COTTON GIN

• This machine separated the cotton from its seeds.

SLAVERY

• With the cotton gin, also came the need for more slaves.
• Slaves were needed to perform labor consisting of the gin.
• A higher amount of slaves equal a greater profit.
• 1808, itself brought a quarter million new slaves from Africa.

DOMESTIC IMPROVEMENTS

• Although the North differed from the South, they still belonged to one nation.
• President Madison and Henry Clay were determined to strengthen this nation.
• Clay proposed the American System which a plan to strengthen the nations.
• It was to use each regions' strengths to better benefit the Union.
• Such that, the North and the South would benefit from each other.

THE PLAN IN ACTION

• 1811, the construction of the National Road began, this would stretch from Maryland to Illinois.
• Soon, came the Erie Canal which would connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic.
• The Tariff of 1816 was in place to protect domestic products from foreign products.
• - Madison also established the Second Bank of the US to distribute currency throughout the US.

VIRGINIA'S PRESIDENTS

• The election of 1816 was between Monroe and Rufus King.

AMERICAN INDUSTRY'S HISTORY.