March 26

Between 1830 and 1860 60% of U.S. imports are cotton. Agricultural Advances The cotton gin allowed 50x the amount of work you could previously do. The cotton gin revives slavery. The steel plow was invented in 1837 by John Deere, it open the great planes to farming. The mechanical reaper was made by Sirus McCormick in 1841. 1800 law lowers the size of a minimum of 80 acres. The preemption legalizes squatting. Gradation lowers the price of undesirable land in 30 years. You can sell land for 12.5 cents an acre.

Turnpikes Turn or gated roads. Tax only who use them. They can’t be built everywhere.