Western Civilization II / Unit 9 WC2 0812 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Telegraph, Steamship, Roads, and Canals
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The idea
The electric telegraph, from the eighteen thirties and forties on the standard record, carried the first message faster than a horse; steamships from eighteen sixteen doubled sail's speed; roads and canals, the witness's Bridgewater Canal of seventeen sixty-one first, linked mines to mills.
In practice
Every place closer together, the anchor says.
Where people slip
The anchor says eighteen thirty; the course says the thirties and forties.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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