a. There were many elements that lead to the market revolution. Some were roads and steamboats, the Erie Canal, and railroads and the telegraph. “Opened new land to settlement, lowered transportation costs, and made it far easier for economic enterprises to sell their products… linked farmers to national and world markets, made them major consumers of manufactured goods.” (Foner 328) People used horse-drawn wagons to transport items but this process was very slow and time consuming. The steamboats were created and they transported goods a lot faster and more efficiently. The Erie Canal was created and the cost of transportation went way down. Many new cities were developed along the sides of the canal because there were so many farmers
