I. Industry and transportation - the development of technology began to transform life in the United States in the early 1800's. The industrialization of the United States changed the nation for decades.
Improving roads
There was an effort to improve overland transportation.
Some states operated turnpikes(roads in which users had to pay a toll to travel on)
The money from the tolls was supposed to go toward improving the roads and to ease travel.
The country's only decent route was made of crushed rock and was called the national road. It was funded by the government and extended from Maryland to the Ohio River(1818). The steamboat goes commercial
The steamboat was the first major advance