THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country’s busiest seaport
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New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade
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Washington, D.C., becoming the cultural and political center of the nation
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Boston becoming one of the country’s largest transportation hubs
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Detailed explanation-1: -The completion of the Erie Canal spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Erie Canal played a major part in commerce in the history of the United States. Its creation helped to make New York City the chief port in the United States and opened the western part of the state and other western territories to increased settlement and trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Erie Canal helped to launch the consumer economy. Farmers could grow wheat in western New York, sell it and have cash to buy furniture and clothing shipped up the canal that they otherwise would have made at home, ” Kelly says. “That was the first inklings of the consumer economy.”
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the economic success of the Erie Canal affect westward expansion? There was an increased demand for laborers to help build similar canals to the west. There was less competition in the west because it was more sparsely populated than the east.
Detailed explanation-5: -Q. What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal? The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased. The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.