aug 1, 1807 - Steamboat/New Transportation 1807

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Steamboat is invented by Robert Fulton in 1807Steamboat transportation was more efficient than wind-powered boats and could travel upstream more quickly.
Transportation and trade improved.
Steam engines were also used to revolutionize transportation over land and water
Canals: man made waterways
Erie Canal – created a water route between New York City and Buffalo, New York.

The National Road – Constructed with tax money from protective tariffs ran east to west
Benefited the North, frustrated the South
Made it easier for more people to move west
In 1850, there was 9,000 miles of track
By 1860 there was over 30,000 miles
Steam engines revolutionize transportation over land and water

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