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Mubeen Sahibzada Prof. Burns History I November 17, 2017 Unit 5 / Module 1 Why was the construction of the Erie Canal one of the critical economic events of the first half of the nineteenth century? “In order to open the country west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers and to offer a cheap and safe way to carry produce to a market, the construction of a canal was proposed as early as 1768”. And “It was not until 1808 that the state legislature funded a survey for a canal that would connect

Entry 11: The Erie Canal The Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and is a total of three hundred and sixty-three miles long. This canal connected the Great Lakes to New York City, allowing abundant amounts of goods to flow between the two places. Several people saw the Erie Canal as a tool of growth because it helped create new towns along its path. Some of the new towns included Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse. The Erie Canal was a major attraction for the farmers migrating from New England. New

What is an Estuary? In its simplest form, an estuary is a body of water formed where freshwater from a river flows into the ocean. This creates a mixture of salt and freshwater that a variety of organisms rely on for survival (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2012). In my paper I will only be looking at the United States’ estuaries under the protection of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This will include 221 estuaries located throughout the United States. An

World War I had devastating and everlasting effects across the European continent. The Austria-Hungary and Russian Empire’s collapsed. New nations were formed including Poland, and Czechoslovakia, which has recently been separated into Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Communism became widespread in Eastern Europe and large amounts of land and resources were gained by Great Britain and France. The war began when Yugoslavian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke of Austria, Franz

The Erie Canal, which was three-hundred sixty miles, forty feet wide and four feet deep at its completion, was able to bridge a connection from Lake Erie to the Hudson and was a reliable form of transportation (as the roads were not the network it is today). The Erie Canal, after its construction was able to rupture the boundaries of western and eastern (northeastern) New York and encouraged inward and outward flow (migration) of people, animals, goods, money, trade, sickness and disease, ideas,

Vanderbilt successfully established a company along the Hudson River. He used his usual tactic, reduced fare prices, to stir away any competitors. He then expanded between New York and New England and Long Island. What helped his business to flourish was through customer’s loyalty. Because Vanderbilt was known to have reliable, safe and cheap steamboats, Cornelius Vanderbilt’s company skyrocketed. In 1830, Vanderbilt entered the Hudson River market and competed against Steamboat Association. Due to

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however, could carry large amounts of cargo even against the flow of a river. Robert Fulton's Clermont proved the practicality of steamboats in 1807. The Enterprise was introduced by Henry Shreve in 1814 and proved to be the answer to transportation across shallow western waters. By 1820, there were 60 steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and countless others elsewhere. Steamboats could ply the waters of lakes and rivers but could not go where there was no waterway so people built canals

It had paid off its seven-million dollar debt by 1836. It made New York the biggest trade center in the United States. Canal construction was being planned in every state east of the Mississippi River. I have found a couple major interpretations of my subject. One of them is a book titled The Transportation Frontier. This book contains everything there is to know about the Canal Era. It also talks about how our major mode of transportation went

16 Reflection paper #2 I saw the glistening sunlight enhanced the silky fabric that cascaded the Earth around us, while the frigid dew and vigorous winds dampened the air. Despite my pervious exposure to the Hudson River during our first walking trip, standing in the dock allowed me to absorb the beautiful landscape and gives me a different experience then looking at maps. I can only imagine what was going through Harry Hudson’s and Giovanni da Verrazzano’s mind as they stumbled upon this estuary