For most of the world, it was WALKING. Just as it has been since the dawn of time.
In the late 1700s, steam replaced water as the main power source.
During the 1700s, walking was the main type of transportation. But there are also horses and carriages that only rich people can afford.
cole replaced water in the late 1700's
boone's road
Jean Jacques Dessalines was the main leader of the Haitian independence movement against France in the late 1700s and early 1800s. He led a revolution against the French government.
His main means of transportation was a chariot pulled by horses.
horse
What is one of the Miskitos' main characteristics?
Most of Russia is poor and without self transportation means. So many use public transportation, Mainly train or bus.
The main benefit of transportation factoring is that it eliminates the worry of late customer payments and long invoice windows. The business can get paid within a few days.
The main diseases in the 1700s were Smallpox, Typhus, Typhoid, Dysentery, Scarlet Fever, Influenza, Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, and Malaria.
Horse-drawn wagons and horseless carriages, but also trains. 1869 saw the Golden Spike driven, connecting the East with Western America. The first roadcar was invented in the 1700s, and 'someone named Benz' is reputed to have made a 'road trip' in a car in the 1880s. While hot air ballons were not used for 'mass transport', they did provide a (slow) means of travel, beginning in the 1700s.