Changes+in+Transportation-Steamboats+and+Canals,+Railroads


 * Changes in Transportation-Steamboats,Canals,and Railroads**
 * Changes in transportation- Main Idea people and goods traveled faster in the 1800s. **
 * ===== **In the 1800s settlers headed west in search of land. ** =====
 * ===== **At that same time farms and factories produced more goods that were shipped to other cities to be sold. ** =====
 * ===== **During the 1700's, the Industrial Revolution started. ** =====
 * ===== **All of the new inventions at that time changed the way people worked on farms and also increased productivity. ** =====
 * ===== **over the land traveling was very slow difficult and very expensive. ** =====
 * ===== **dirt paths were wide enough for horse carrige. ** =====
 * ===== **snow and ice would block roads in winter. ** =====
 * ===== **In 1850, our country had 9,000 miles of railroad tracks. ** =====
 * ===== **On August 9th, 1807, Robert Fulton made a new steam-powered boat and it made it's first trip from N.Y.C to Albany. ** =====

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Video [|http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos#steam-engine-drives-transportation-revolution] Social Studies for Kids.com Houghton Mifflin Social Studies United States History
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