THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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the number of coastal fisheries
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the location of cottage industries
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the amount of land under cultivation
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the location of manufacturing plants
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Detailed explanation-1: -The colonial economy of what would become the United States was pre-industrial, primarily characterized by subsistence farming. Farm households also were engaged in handicraft production, mostly for home consumption, but with some goods sold, mainly gold.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1790 the United States was overwhelmingly a farming society. Small, independent family farms dominated New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, while cities like New York and Philadelphia were growing into large, important trade centers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The completion of the Erie Canal spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1820s and 1830s, a market revolution was transforming American business and global trade. Factories and mass production increasingly displaced independent artisans. Farms grew and produced goods for distant, not local, markets, shipping them via inexpensive transportation like the Erie Canal.