The Market Revolution, canals, the Lowell Mills, the Cotton Kingdom, and the railroads all relate to the historical theme of America in the World. To begin with, the Market Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th century when innovations in transportation, communication, and production expanded American commerce. The Market Revolution was ignited when Thomas Jefferson passed the Embargo Act of 1807. The Embargo Act of 1807 was a law forbidding all exportation of goods from the United States because Great Britain and France were seizing American ships during the Napoleonic Wars and Thomas Jefferson hoped this would put an end to the seizing of American ships. However, the Embargo Act of 1807 ended up hurting the economy of the
