![]() As early as 1790, there were thirty canal companies working in the newly formed nation. By the Revolutionary War (1776–83), some had considered the benefits of creating man-made rivers called canals to connect natural waterways. During the colonial period, roads were primitive and rivers did not connect people to all the places they wanted to travel. Traveling around America used to be quite difficult. ![]() Each technological advance further opened the West and helped bind the growing country together. Technological advances increased the speed of correspondence from months to weeks and then to minutes. Once settled, people wanted to correspond with the loved ones they had left behind or keep abreast of news in other parts of the country. New technologies aided farmers and cattlemen in places where standard fencing materials were scarce. Securing the land often meant defending the chosen spot against Indian attack advances in gun design swayed the battles in favor of the white settlers. Canals, stagecoaches, and railroads made it possible for thousands of people to settle the West. ![]() Technology helped ease some of the strain and, in some cases, ensured success. People risked their lives to open the West to commerce and settlement, braving harsh climatic and geologic conditions to cross the country and secure the land. ![]()
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