The Erie Canal

by Jeanne Nagle

Book Overview

Following the American Revolutionary War, distance and difficult terrain made the western frontier of the newly formed United States seem like a world apart from the thirteen Atlantic-seaboard colonies. To better preserve the union, as well as advance the country's fledgling independent economy, a group of statesmen proposed building a canal that would connect these unified yet disparate locations. At first considered a folly, the Erie Canal wound...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680487868
• ISBN13: 9781680487862
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Rosen Education Service
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9