The Enlightenment created a new idea where God or godly entities did not dictate the functionality of the world, but rather science and reason.
Farmers faced Native American raids, poor growing conditions, droughts, disease, insects, and anything that would give farmers a hard time now. Farmers had to pay higher prices for transportation which caused less profit - crops prices fell which also caused less profit. The government issued greenbacks then retired them, causing an increase in the value of money in the circulation.
The assembly line allowed Ford to sell them cheaper, t made work much faster taking less money to make a car.
To get resources such as water,food,and transportation