USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Steamboats were well suited for river travel because they could handle the current of the rivers and because goods goods could be moved quickly and more cheaply.

Detailed explanation-2: -Steamboats proved a popular method of commercial and passenger transportation along the Mississippi River and other inland U.S. rivers in the 19th century. Their relative speed and ability to travel against the current reduced time and expense.

Detailed explanation-3: -In June 1809 a 150-mile run in the ocean between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Delaware Bay was the first ocean voyage carried out by a steamboat. Subsequently other coasting voyages were used to reach by sea the south Atlantic coast of the United States to Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Fulton returned to New York in 1806 and began building a steamboat on the East River. One year later on 17 August 1807, Fulton’s steamboat, the Clermont, made its first voyage on the Hudson River traveling 40 miles from New York to Albany in a record eight hours.

Detailed explanation-5: -It led to increased exploration and settlement by opening up two-way river transportation. The steamboat would travel from New York City to Albany in 32 hours, while regular sailing ships and other boats would take almost four days to complete the trip.