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Industrial growth
In the mid-1700s people began producing goods through new methods in Great Britain inventors delta machines that did some of the work involved in cloth making to tend the Machines mill owners paid people wages. By inventing these machines they show the progress in the growth of industry. -
Traveling on Rivers
People started traveling on rivers because it is way more comfortable than traveling by car because cars can be rough and bumpy. Boats can also carry big loads. By traveling on boats and on water it hurried up shipping goods and traveling. -
Building Roadways
The nation needed good inland roads for travel and to ship goods. Private companies built many turnpikes. Tolls helped pay for the cost to build them. By building roadways this made shipping goods go faster, and the whole process go faster. -
New Tarrifs
American manufacturers wanted high Tarrifs to protect their growing industries. Congress passed the Tarrif of 1816 to fix this problem. This Tarrif was designed to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition by placing high taxes on imports. By making Tarrifs it shows the process of the economy. -
Growth of Corporations
A corporation is a type of business that can have many owners. They can grow to a large size. They sell stock to raise money to build factories and expand their business. In this era they began to appear and they helped drive industrialization.
