Events in James Madison's Presidency

1. The Changing World of James
Madison

2. Warm-up

3. The Changing Economy
 The United States’ economy was largely
bolstered by international trade.
 The goods sold by the US were primarily cash
crop products e.g. tobacco and grain.
 With the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of
1812, overseas shipping from the United States
began to decline.

4. The Beginning of Industrialization
 There have been multiple Industrial Revolutions
in the United States.
 The first began in late 18th century (1790s)
 The Reason the United States began
Industrializing: The lack of access to foreign
goods.

5. New England
 Agriculture in New
England was not very
profitable.
 In 1793, a British
immigrant, Samuel
Slater established the
first textile (finished
cloth) factory in
America.
 This began an era of
mass-production of
cloth in New England.

6. Eli Whitney
(1765-1825)
 Eli Whitney Jr. was a
Massachusetts-born inventor that
pioneered many innovations in
American life.
 Whitney is most famous for two
innovations which made significant
impacts on the United States’
economy.

7. Eli’s New Inventions
Interchangeable Parts The Cotton Gin (1794)
 Before the invention
of interchange
machine parts, all
parts of a machine
had to be made by
hand.
 Having uniform
(exactly alike) parts
for a machine made
production and
repairs much easier.

8. The Growing Economic Divide
North South
 Northeasterners began
investing their money in
manufacturing
operations.
 Due to a decline in
large agricultural
operations, Northern
states began to abolish
slavery in their states.
 By 1804, almost all
Northern states had
abolished slavery.
 Cash crop agriculture was
still the major industry of
the South.
 With the invention of the
cotton gin, cotton became
another viable cash crop
in the new southern states
like Louisiana and
Mississippi.
 This led to the expansion
of slavery in the
American South.

9. The American System
 To combat the growing cultural differences
between the North and the South and create a
self-sufficient economy, James Madison
proposed:
 Developing transportation systems to
improve commerce between he states.
Tariffs on foreign goods.
Strengthening the National Bank (which
had weakened under Thomas Jefferson)

10. New Projects
National Road (1811-1838) Erie Canal (1825)

11. New States
In 1819, the United States Spain gives Florida to the United
States

12. Works Cited
Edwards, et all. America’s History 10th ed. New
York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2021.