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turnpike
Toll roads. -
Walking
Most people has to walk and could not afford a horse or stage coach. This is a reason most people never left their home time. -
stagecoach
During the 1800's most people walked. Some could afford to use a stagecoach for long journeys. -
Faltboat
Flatboats could only transport good down stream. Boats were usuallly sod as wood after reaching destination. -
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Westward Expansion
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steamboat
The steamboat allowed merchants to ship goods upstream -
England railroad
First railroad built in Englans -
Erie Canal
With canals you could now transport eat to west along man-made rivers -
Railroad in America
Peter Cooper designed first railroad in America -
Oregon Trail
1,000 people take the year adn a half long journey form Missourti to Oregon.
