Today in class we broke up into groups with someone assigned to represent the pioneers, someone to represent pioneers, merchants, and New Yorkers. My group had four people and therefore two pioneers. In our groups, we read from small cards different situations that whoever we were representing. We then decided what each of those things meant for the Erie Canal and whether they were positive or negative effects.
All in all, I think that the Erie Canal was a positive thing. It created jobs while it was being built and to run it. It also promoted trade in the country and moved people out west cheaper and faster. It helped boost the economy in the towns on the canal and in the west. There were a few cons that came with the canal such as the spread of cholera and the loss of land from the Indians, but the pros greatly outweigh the cons.
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