Canals and railroads:
A) spurred the development of towns and cities along their route.
B) favored greater settlement of the East Coast.
C) had little immediate impact on social patterns.
D) were financed mostly by private investors.
Answer: A
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A) ?? Colonial farmers cleared fields and trees in ways that chased away the deer and eliminated the wild plants Native Americans relied on. B) ?? English colonists helped Native Americans expand the size of their livestock herds by introducing them to the practice of fencing in animals. C) ?? Native Americans blamed the Puritan god for causing their land and population crises. D) ?? Native Americans embraced the changing ecosystem and raised new forms of grasses, as well as horses, pigs and cattle. E) ?? Colonial missionaries outlawed Native religions and insisted that all Indians in the region practice only Christianity.
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