2007-02-09 15:17:09 · 5 answers · asked by pamela 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
In the age before railroads and roads, water traffic was the easiest way to transport people and goods, so canals opened up the region to human settlement and economic use. They substantially lowered transportation costs for products so it encouraged agriculture and industry.
2007-02-09 15:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great Lakes Canals
2016-10-02 23:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by nisbett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Removed the emphasis on using the Mississippi river system. The Ohio River system, the Kentucky River system, and many other systems were connected to the Great Lakes and the NE. Also had large political importance, the NW turned toward the NE as a political power. The system also was a route West for goods and migrants. They took along their values making the region much more like the NE.
2007-02-09 15:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by bigjohn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It aided and sped up transportation quite a bit so that commerce could move.
2007-02-09 15:20:19 · answer #4 · answered by keyz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically they were the only way to move heavy load inland in their era
2007-02-09 15:20:21 · answer #5 · answered by walter_b_marvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋