POLS 196 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Industrial Revolution, Agricultural Machinery

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 196
• Professor: Bradley Bauerly

Document Summary

Economic changes undermine to the independence of american farmers leading to social and political changes. In turn, the state expanded to appease these movements with further market expansion and economic changes through agro-industrialization. In turn, this required greater productivity, leading to farmers to specialize, taking on even more debt. Subsistence commodity production: growing food to meet your and your family"s needs. Petty commodity production: growing food to sell to markets. Shay"s rebellion in 1786 cause concern and led the constitutional convention to pursue a stronger federal government that could impose and extract taxes. Constitutional settlement in 1789 enhanced federal power, creating a centralized state that could push westward expansion, maintain property rights and protect expansion of market social property relations. Increased role of federal government marks the beginning of the american agro industrial project. Forced subsistence farmers to pay off government debts through taxes instead of wealthy losing their war bond investments.