Question

This easyyyyyy but can someone do it

Answer 1

The cost to transport goods were a lot cheaper to transport

Answer 2

"The Erie Canal provided a direct water route from New York City to the Midwest, triggering large-scale commercial and agricultural development—as well as immigration—to the sparsely populated frontiers of western New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and points farther west." (History)

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