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Americans Move West

Americans Move West. Western Routes Great Wagon Road Ohio River Trails through AL, MS, and LA Mohawk River to the Northwest Territory. Traveling West. Great Wagon Road Early Pioneer trail across the Appalachians through Pennsylvania. Traveling West. Flatboats Flat bottom boats

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Americans Move West

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  1. Americans Move West

  2. Western Routes • Great Wagon Road • Ohio River • Trails through AL, MS, and LA • Mohawk River to the Northwest Territory Traveling West

  3. Great Wagon Road • Early Pioneer trail across the Appalachians through Pennsylvania Traveling West

  4. Flatboats • Flat bottom boats • Used to carry livestock and wagons • Journeyed down the Ohio River into Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois • Well suited for shallow water • Carried heavy cargoes and rode high on the waters. Traveling West

  5. New States • Kentucky 1792 • Tennessee 1796 • Ohio 1803 • Louisiana 1812 • Indiana 1816 • Mississippi 1817 • Illinois 1818 • Alabama 1819 Traveling West

  6. Turnpikes • Private road built by companies • Made of gravel and stone • Collected a toll or fee from travelers • Various points a pole or pike blocked the road • Once the toll was paid, pike keeper would turn the poll aside and let the wagon pass. Improvements to Roads

  7. Lancaster Turnpike • Built in the 1790s • Private road that linked Lancaster, PA and Philadelphia, PA • Made of layered gravel, very smooth road Improvements to Roads

  8. Corduroy Roads • Built in swampy areas, roads made of logs • Kept wagons from sinking into the mud • Very noisy and bumpy ride Improvements to Roads

  9. The National Road • In 1806, Congress approved funds for road building projects. • Route: Cumberland, MD to Wheeling in western Virginia. • Started on the road in 1811, did not complete until 1818. • Later extended to Illinois. Improvements to Roads

  10. John Fitch • 1787: Fitch showed members of the Constitutional Convention how a steam engine could power a boat. • Opened a ferry service on the Delaware River Steam Transportation

  11. Robert Fulton • 1807 launched the Clermont on the Hudson River • First run: carried passengers from NYC to Albany and back. • 300 mile journey: 62 hours ( about 2 ½ days) • Record time Steam Transportation

  12. Steamboats • Started ferrying passengers up and down the Atlantic Coast. • Revolutionized the west • Carried people and goods on the MS, OH, and MO Rivers • Henry Shreve designed a flat bottom steam boat • Dangers: Sparks from smoke stacks caused fires and boiler sometimes exploded Steam Transportation

  13. Erie Canal • Canal linking the Great Lakes with the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. • Allowed western farmers to ship goods to the port of New York • Promote business • Promoted by DeWitt Clinton in 1817 The Canal Boom

  14. Successes • Completed in 8 years • Cost of shipping dropped to about a tenth of what it had been before the canal. • New York City becomes a city of commerce • The Erie Canal led other states to build canals • Vital economic links between western farms and eastern cities. The Canal Boom

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