Which statement is accurate for a lesson on New York’s Infrastructure and Market Integration?

  • The Erie Canal lowered transport costs and integrated Great Lakes production zones with Hudson River and Atlantic markets.
  • The Haudenosaunee Confederacy joined sovereign nations rather than forming a single homogeneous political community.
  • A state history beginning with European colonization omits more than 13,000 years of documented Indigenous presence.
  • Haudenosaunee communities made different wartime choices, showing why Indigenous alliances should not be described as monolithic.