New Frontiers, New Markets
History 103
Oct. 26, 1998
Trans-Appalachian Expansion
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
New states
Kentucky (1792)
Tennessee (1796)
Ohio (1803)
Yazoo Land Fraud
Frontier Conflict
Tecumseh and resurgence of Native American resistance
Battle of Tippecanoe (1811), Tecumseh’s death (1813)
Creek War (1813-14)
More new states
Louisiana (1812)
Indiana (1816)
Mississippi (1817)
Illinois (1818)
Alabama (1819)
Transportation Revolution
Market access
Roads and turnpikes
Steamboats
Canals
Railroads
The Communication Revolution
Postal system
Newspapers
Telegraph
Social Transformation
Mobility and migration
Economic growth
Wealth concentration
Gender and ideology of separate spheres