The Transportation Revolution

 
           In 1828, the editor of the Boston American Traveler published an editorial commenting on the changes and improvements that were occurring in transportation in the United States.  “There is more traveling [in the United States] than in any part of the world. Here, the whole population is in motion, whereas, in old countries, there are millions who have never been beyond the sound of the parish bell.” The editor of the same paper remarked two years later that whereas in 1786 it had taken as long as six days to travel by stage from Boston to New York, now the trip was made easily in only a day and a half.  The editorial ends with an optimistic question, “Who will undertake to predict the wonderful results of the next half century?” 
  
      Across the United States roads, canals, and turnpikes were being constructed connecting the nation's farms, towns, and cities.  As methods of transportation improved the U.S. economy began to grow.  With factories and farms paying lower shipping costs the prices of goods and food began to go down making them more affordable.

For H.W. please complete the following assignments:

  1. The Slater Mills check in that given on Friday.

  2. The Transportation Revolution Table that was given out in class.

Here are the notes for today.