Question

What did Americans do in the late 1700s and early 1800s to improve the movement of people and goods

Answer 1

They provided a highway for shipping crops and other goods to markets. The growth of canals also helped expand the area open to settlement. Canals allowed people to settle on lands farther from the large rivers.

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Answer 2

Much Western settlement happened along major rivers because rivers gave settlers a way to ship crops and other goods to markets easily.