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In twelve pages this paper examines the impact of the Erie Canal upon early America, particularly in terms of how it represented the most important happening for the socioeconomic changes that created the first true westward movement of American settlers. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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soon hear them sing all about my gal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal, Its a darned fool ditty bout my darned fool Sal, Fifteen years on
the Erie Canal. Oh, every band will play it soon, Darned fool words and darned fool tune; Youll hear it sung everywhere you go, From Mexico
to Buffalo" (Silverman 16, 21). There can be no doubt that the Erie Canal was, literally and figuratively speaking, a watershed moment in the history of young America.
It was Uncle Sams most significant public works project of the nineteenth century and also forever changed the countrys geographical, economic, social, and political landscapes (Cornog 158). These changes
ultimately contributed to American settlers answering the call to Go West! While this may have been unthinkable from a transportation standpoint once upon a time, the Erie Canal ensured
that such travel could be contemplated and executed successfully. The way in which its construction surmounted countless obstacles encouraged settlers they, too, could beat the odds and chart unknown
frontier territories in hopes of achieving prosperity. II. EARLY AMERICA AND THE POST-REVOLUTION NEED FOR THE ERIE CANAL Prior to the Revolutionary War, American colonists including George Washington, pondered how
to access the lush soil of the West (Albion and Pope 83). In 1784, Washington wrote, "The western settlers . . . stand as it were upon a pivot.
The touch of a feather would turn them any way . . . smooth the road, and make easy the way for them, and then see what an influx of
articles will be poured upon us; how amazingly our exports will be increased by them, and how amply we shall be compensated for any trouble and expense we may encounter
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