Around 1818 the Americas revolution began. Today we call this Manifest Destiny. This started many businesses to grow in to warehouses and it also started the Missouri Comprise. These are some of the small things that this revolution started to do to the colonies in America.
             Many people started to travel out west to try to start over and try to make a new living. Many people were in the search for gold and for religious freedom. There were two trails that set out of Santa Fe to Independence Missouri and to Oregon City. These were long and hard grueling journeys that many people didn't make it on. Once they got settled majority of them became farmers and made a living off of their crops.
             One of the major construction projects that went on during this time was the Erie Canal. This project stated by Clinton DeWitt and it came up because to get products to the east coast by ship you would have to go around South America. This would make the industries grow faster because they sell more products for a less price. The whole project coasted 7 million dollars. When people heard what he was trying to do they all thought that he was nuts and never thought he would finish. But in the end they thought it was a great idea and it was saving everyone money..
             Around the mid 1800's workers started to seek better working conditions in the factories and in the sweat shops. In 1834 a massive strike took place and it was ineffective because the owners of the shops just went out and hired the Irish immigrants and the local women. This ended up starting the National trade unions. These unions protected the rights of the workers and gave them rights over the owners of the companies. Many of the owners disagreed with these policies and starting hiring illegal immigrants so they could report that they were working to the unions.
             During this time in a America there was thousands of things going on at once. America was expanding to the ea...