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The Erie Canal

By Jeanne Nagle

Book information

Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing
Year
2018
ISBN
9781680487664
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4672174 bytes)
Series
Westward Expansion: America's Push to the Pacific
Edition
1
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-03 20:09:36
History; Juvenile Nonfiction; Transportation; JNF0

Description

Following the American Revolutionary War, distance and difficult terrain made the western frontier of the newly formed United States seem like a world apart from the thirteen Atlantic-seaboard colonies. To better preserve the union, as well as advance the country's fledgling independent economy, a group of statesmen proposed building a canal that would connect these unified yet disparate locations. At first considered a "folly," the Erie Canal wound up achieving those lofty goals and more. Readers uncover the reasons and strategies behind the building of the canal, and the ways in which this crucial waterway facilitated U.S. westward expansion.

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