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THE EARLY REPUBLIC
THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES
FROM COAST TO COAST
 By 1800 2/3rds of the population still lived within

50 miles of the coast
 Typically lived on farms in or small towns

 It took two days to get from NYC to Philadelphia;

4 days to Boston
 Horse & carriage only went 3-4 mph

 Population was increasing rapidly
 1790-1800 pop. went from 3.9M-5.3M
 By 1850 population spread from Atlantic to Pacific
THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
FROM COAST TO COAST

 Greatest population boom

occurred west of the
Appalachians
 Kentucky (1792) and Tennessee

(1796) were the first transAppalachian states admitted to the
Union
THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
FROM COAST TO COAST
 The most important cities in the east were the Atlantic seaports
 Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston
A NATIONAL ECONOMY
 In 1800, 94% of Americans lived in communities of less than 2,500

 Middle states:
 Four or five families would farm the same piece of land for

themselves or others
 Most crops were grown for home use, and most goods such
as clothes and tools were made at home
 Surpluses were sold within the local community (only 20%
were sent out of town)
AGRARIAN SOCIETY

•

Farmers had two concerns:

•

To provide food and common
comforts for their households

•

To achieve long-term security
and to pass that on to sons
NORTHERN FARMS
TRANSPORTATION CHANGES
THE NATIONAL ROAD
ROBERT FULTON AND THE CLERMONT
THE ERIE CANAL
I’VE GOT AN OLD MULE AND HER NAME IS
SAL
 Improvements in speed and economy made the northern market

economy possible-- by 1840, improved transportation had made a
market revolution
The Early Republic

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The Early Republic

  • 2. THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FROM COAST TO COAST  By 1800 2/3rds of the population still lived within 50 miles of the coast  Typically lived on farms in or small towns  It took two days to get from NYC to Philadelphia; 4 days to Boston  Horse & carriage only went 3-4 mph  Population was increasing rapidly  1790-1800 pop. went from 3.9M-5.3M  By 1850 population spread from Atlantic to Pacific
  • 3. THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FROM COAST TO COAST  Greatest population boom occurred west of the Appalachians  Kentucky (1792) and Tennessee (1796) were the first transAppalachian states admitted to the Union
  • 4. THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FROM COAST TO COAST  The most important cities in the east were the Atlantic seaports  Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston
  • 5. A NATIONAL ECONOMY  In 1800, 94% of Americans lived in communities of less than 2,500  Middle states:  Four or five families would farm the same piece of land for themselves or others  Most crops were grown for home use, and most goods such as clothes and tools were made at home  Surpluses were sold within the local community (only 20% were sent out of town)
  • 6. AGRARIAN SOCIETY • Farmers had two concerns: • To provide food and common comforts for their households • To achieve long-term security and to pass that on to sons
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 12. ROBERT FULTON AND THE CLERMONT
  • 14. I’VE GOT AN OLD MULE AND HER NAME IS SAL
  • 15.  Improvements in speed and economy made the northern market economy possible-- by 1840, improved transportation had made a market revolution