A system of transportation
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 National road | First national road building project funded by Congress. It made travel and transportation of goods much easier because it was one continuous road that was in good condition. |
| John fitch | Inventor of the first steamboat; charged for trips between N.J. and Penn. |
| Erie canal | an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo |
| census | a period count of the population |
| turnpike | an expressway on which tolls are collected |
| Hudson river | a New York river |
| albany | a town in southwest Georgia |
| Robert fulton | American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815) |
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