Chapter 8 Vocabulary

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Chapter 8Vocabulary

• New Ideas in New York

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Canal

• Waterways built by people

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Erie Canal

• Waterway that connects Lake Erie with the Hudson
  River

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What is the Industrial Revolution?

• The way goods were made, from hand-made to
  machine made.

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Lock

• Section of a canal that is closed off so water
  can be removed or added allows boats to travel
  between waterways that are different levels.

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Manufacture

• To make products by hand or by machine

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Toll

• Fee paid to use a road

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Turnpike

• Road that travelers pay a toll to use

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DeWitt Clinton
I think its a good idea to build the Erie Canal!

• Governor of New York who urged the building of
  the Erie Canal in 1817

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James Fenimore Cooper

• Author who wrote books in the early 1800s about
  life on the frontier such as The Last of the
  Mohicans.

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Mary Mapes Dodge

• Writer of childrens books such as Hans Brinker
  or The Silver Skates.

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Robert Fulton

• Inventor of the first successful steamboat

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Washington Irving

• One of the first well-known American writers, he
  wrote stories such as Rip Van Winkle

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Isaac Singer

• Inventor of the first sewing machine

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Troy

• Troys location near the Hudson River, the Erie
  Canal, and railroads made it a great place for
  factories.

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Ticonderoga

• Graphite was discovered. Graphite was used to
  make pencils.

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New York City

• Produced about 40 of the countrys clothing

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Syracuse

• Became the countrys salt making center in the
  1800s

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Rochester

• Became known as Flour City

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Schenectady

• Located on the Mohawk River. First turnpike.

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Rome, NY

• Center of New York State where construction began
  on the Erie Canal in 1817