Why did the U.S. build roads & canals in the early 1800s?

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Why did the U.S. build roads & canals in the early 1800s? To improve transportation for westward settlement & speed up the flow of goods to improve business ($$$) Roads: Turnpikes: Toll roads built by private companies. Corduroy Road: A road made out of logs. National Road: Funded by Congress. Completed in 1818. Went from Maryland to Illinois eventually. Canal: is a channel dug by people, then filled with water to allow boats to cross a stretch of land.

Famous Canals New York- Erie Canal connected Lake Erie (Buffalo) to the Hudson River (Albany) : http://www.eriecanal.org/ New Jersey- Morris Canal connected the Delaware River (Phillipsburg) to the Hudson River (Jersey City). Ran through Lincoln Park Delaware-Raritan Canal connected Delaware River (Trenton) to Raritan River (New Brunswick) http://www.canalsocietynj.org/CSNJ/index.html Map of Morris Canal

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