Thesis: The new land was a source of economic problems, including troubles in achieving good communication and transportation. Economic Problems Communication Transportation surplus goods would have only local markets The fixThrough the Transportation Revolution communication was improved restraints on the expansion of production and accumulation of wealth The Problem new nation would be held down to a small level of production and consumption The Fix Transportation Revolution causing settlements in Kentucky and Tennessee found it hard to transport goods causing causing a strain on national unity, the US took many steps to prolong the separation of the West Degler argues When a people know one another and their common land, they begin to experience a