Revolutionary Geography

Which statement best supports an accurate understanding of Revolutionary Geography?

• Canal-era transportation helped alter the relative importance of inland cities and reinforced New York City’s commercial reach.
• The Erie Canal lowered transport costs and integrated Great Lakes production zones with Hudson River and Atlantic markets.
• New York’s Hudson corridor mattered strategically because severing New England from other colonies was a major British objective.
• A state history beginning with European colonization omits more than 13,000 years of documented Indigenous presence.