TRADE
The trade that was brought forth by the Erie Canal certainly affected the American nation. It had connected many areas from America to all across the globe. It has also greatly impacted the importation and exportation of a numerous amount of goods.
- Affected the United State's trade methods
- Linked Northeastern America together with the Atlantic Ocean
- Allowed to U.S. to import a wider variety of goods from foreign countries
- Shipping rates to many locations increased dramatically
- Helped the U.S. to trade farther than before
- Success of trade influenced other countries to build canals
- Goods, such as oysters, could be traded faster without spoiling
- Huge increase of Midwestern wheat was exported to Europe from the Erie Canal
- It helped the North become more independent from the South as the North started imported crops from other countries through the Erie Canal