How Did The Erie Canal Affect America

The Erie Canal "Low bridge, everybody down"! People had to say that when they were going by a low bridge on the Erie Canal because one lady fell asleep and her head was smashed like a watermelon. The Erie Canal was built in 1817 and was only finished in 1825. That’s only 8 years and it was 363 miles long.To build the canal it's cost was 7 million and they quickly got payed back within 9 years.The Erie Canal changed the United States in many ways. The Erie Canal's creation would have a dramatic change on America because of The population and the faster and safer travel, but the most important impact on America was the Money. One of the ways the Erie canal helped The United States is faster travel.When the …show more content…
Money sparked trade from the Erie Canal(chart 2). Since they had more money they had a lot more supplies to trade and keep for them selves.With trade they even made more money because some people think some resources and worth a lot of money.The Erie Canal didn't just made money it saved money. They saved money by using the canal because eon the canal it was 10 dollars per ton instead of 100 dollars per ton by road( background essay).There was also many ways they spent their newly found money. They bought more land and they expanded their country(chart 5). Since the Erie Canal was in New York, they had boomed with all this money and resources.As you can tell, Money is the most important impact of the Erie Canal on the United States. The Erie Canal's creation Change America in many ways like faster travel, bigger population, and most importantly money.As you read, the Erie Canal changed the United States for the better and really helped the economy.For America the Erie canal was one of the best things that could of happened to them at that time.The Erie Canal is still important today because it was one of the biggest historical canals built.The biggest idea we can take from the Erie Canal is that when you build amazing structures their going to change the