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why was New Orleans important?
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Farms products in furs were shipped from New Orleans.
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where were things shipped to from New Orleans?
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Europe and other areas
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finish the quote "there is on the globe...
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"there is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual and me. It is New Orleans, through which the protist so three eighths of our territory must pass to market."
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with the arrival of____New Orleans soon became the most important port in America
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the steamboat
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when did New Orleans handle twice the amount of goods that ships to the port of New York City?
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thorough the 1840's
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was New Orleans important?
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you better believe it! it was vital to the economy of the US
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what percentage of cargo transported by water in the US travel down the Mississippi today?
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60%
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