What led to the Market Revolution?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:



  • Innovations in transportation broke down barriers of distance between farms and towns and the West and the East.


  • New forms of production, most notably the factory, led to increased production and greater efficiency.


  • Wage earning replaced older labor models.


  • Together, all of these rapid economic transformations in the early nineteenth century fueled the Market Revolution.

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