Prior to the American Industrial Revolution there were two main economies, the North and the South. The North was primarily based on shipbuilding and trade. Whereas the South had an agrarian economy built of the sale of Tobacco, Rice and Indigo. Due to the Market Revolution and the technology that came as a result of it there was a shift in how these region’s economies interacted and operated. The Northern economy became focused on manufacturing and industry while the Southern economy became focused on Cotton. In 1800, the Northern States began to shift from working toward self sufficiency of industrial products to creating a boom in export. America’s exports rose in value from $20.2 million in 1790 to $108.3 million by 1807. This boom can
