attributed to a number of factors. These include but cannot be limited

to the construction of the Erie Canal, the invention of the telegraph,

the developed of the railroads, the establishment of Wall Street and

banking, the textile, shipping, agriculture and newpaper industries,

the development of steam power and the use of iron products. On

October 26, 1825 the Erie Canal was opened. The canal immediately

became an important commercial route connecting the East with the Ohio

and Mississippi Valleys. With tht time of travel cut to one-third and

the cost of shipping freight cut to one-tenthof the previous figures,

commerce via the canal soon made New York City the chief port of the

Atlantic. The growing urban population and the contruction of canals,

railroads and factories stimulated the demand for raw materials and

food stuffs. In 1836 four-fifths of the tonnage over the Erie Canal

came from western New York (North, 105). Much of this cargo was in the

The farmer become a shrewed businessman of sorts as he tended

to produce whatever products would leave h

only as a state but as a civilized nation whenever this development

in that order were the leading wheat growing states. Between the years

Ellis states that, "Plank roads, railroads, canals, steamships-all had

actively expanding transportation network in the country. New York

(Kass, 150). Bipartisan support also accompanied plans for the

citzens and goods flowed freely in and out. Merchants in both the

south, however, plantation owners were either too engrossed in the

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