Based on the research I found throughout Thoreau’s writings, as well as the textbook, I have come to the conclusion that the public during this era were very materialistic, and dependent on the concept of industrializing. There was a select few people who called themselves Individualists, that believed “…modern society stifled individual judgment by making men “tools of their tools,” trapped in stultifying jobs by their obsession with acquiring wealth.” The Market Revolution was a time period of industrialization. It focused on not only improvements for the economy, such as means of transportation and the trading of slaves, but also improvements for the market and individualistic thinkers. The public really liked the idea of anything that would
