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Do Now: You are DeWitt Clinton, the 6th governor of NY and you are looking to make New York State the most prosperous state of the United States. Currently, New Orleans is the US #1 center of commerce.

How can you transform NYS into the US #1 commercial center?Aim: How did the Erie Canal impact the United States?

Think pair shareHow can you transform NYS into the US #1 commercial center?

Early 1800s Transportation

Travel Times, 1800 and 1857 The transportation revolution dramatically reduced travel times and vastly expanded everyones horizons. Improved roads, canals, and the introduction of steamboats and railroads made it easier for Americans to move, and made even those who did not move less isolated. Better transportation linked the developing West to the eastern seaboard and fostered a sense of national identity and pride.5

How did the Transportation Revolution impact the United States?

Travel Times, 1800 and 1857 The transportation revolution dramatically reduced travel times and vastly expanded everyones horizons. Improved roads, canals, and the introduction of steamboats and railroads made it easier for Americans to move, and made even those who did not move less isolated. Better transportation linked the developing West to the eastern seaboard and fostered a sense of national identity and pride.6

How did the Transportation Revolution impact the United States?

The economic transformation of America in the early 1800s was linked to dramatic changes in transportation networks. Investments in roads, turnpikes, canals, and railroads led to

the expansion of marketsfacilitated the movement of peoplesaltered the physical landscape of the US. Why might some Americans have opposed the developments in transportation

Who was opposed to the transportation improvements?

Southern States believed the improvements benefitted only the northern states.

Strict constructionists like the 7th president Andrew Jackson who vetoed a Road Bill because he felt the federal government should not finance internal improvements located solely within a single state.

AssessmentBetween 1800 and 1830, the National Road and the Erie Canal were built to connect which regions? Atlantic Coast and MidwestSouth and New EnglandPacific Coast and Gulf CoastGreat Plains and Rocky Mountains

How did completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 affect United States commerce? New York City lost business as manufacturing centers grew in the West. United States exports to European countries declined. Western farmers gained better access to East Coast markets. The Midwest became the center of textile production.

One major result of the completion of the Erie Canal was that the population of Rochester fell shipping on Lake Champlain decreased manufacturing along the canal declined New York City became the nations commercial center

What was an immediate effect of the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825? Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic Coast. Farmers could more easily ship grain to eastern markets. A territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes. Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates.

Information on the graph supports the conclusion that the Erie Canal slowed migration to the Midwest replaced railroads as the main method of transportation improved transportation between the Hudson River and the Great Lakes relied on the development of steamboats for canal use

Based on the map, the Erie Canal contributed to theDecisions to restrict immigrationIncrease in population in upstate NYSettlement of New EnglandAcquisition of land from Canada

Closure:

Create a newspaper headlineWrite an informational paragraph about how the Erie Canal impacted NYS.