USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In America, canal building began in the 1790s to connect the 16 States to the lands west for commerce, as well as for taking passengers and families wanting to relocate further west. Unknown to the colonists were the Hohokam’s canals in a land they never dreamed of visiting. The 363-mile Erie Canal was built in 1825.

Detailed explanation-2: -America’s economic transformation in the early 1800s was linked to dramatic changes in transportation networks. Construction of roads, canals, and railroads led to the expansion of markets, facilitated the movement of peoples, and altered the physical landscape.

Detailed explanation-3: -19th Century Transportation Movement At the beginning of the century, U.S. citizens and immigrants to the country traveled primarily by horseback or on the rivers. After a while, crude roads were built and then canals. Before long the railroads crisscrossed the country moving people and goods with greater efficiency.

Detailed explanation-4: -After its completion the Erie Canal would become the most successful canal in U.S. history, impacting not only the state of New York and New York City, but the northern half of the country from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River. People have been building canals from more than four thousand years.