. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... e head of which was HenryClay, who became secretary ot state. Theadministration of Mr. Adams was one of re-markable prosperity. The country wasgrowing wealthier by the rapid increase ofits agriculture, manufactures and commerce,and abroad it commanded the respect of theworld. Still party spirit raged with greatviolence during the whole of this period. The invention of the cotton gin by EliWhitney, in 1793, by which the seed wasseparated from the cotton, had
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... e head of which was HenryClay, who became secretary ot state. Theadministration of Mr. Adams was one of re-markable prosperity. The country wasgrowing wealthier by the rapid increase ofits agriculture, manufactures and commerce,and abroad it commanded the respect of theworld. Still party spirit raged with greatviolence during the whole of this period. The invention of the cotton gin by EliWhitney, in 1793, by which the seed wasseparated from the cotton, had so cheapenedthe cost of producing that great staple, thatit had become the principal article of exportfrom the United States, and a source of great and growing wealth to the wholecountry. Several important undertakings wereprosecuted with vigor, or were completedduring Mr. Adams term of office. TheNational Road, a splendidly constructedhighway, built by the general government,from Cumberland, Maryland, across themountains, was completed to Wheeling, onthe Ohio, in 1820, and was carried beyondthat stream during Mr. Adams administra-. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. tion, the design being to extend it to theMississippi. It furnished a broad and well-built thoroughfare between the seaboard andthe west, and exerted a marked influenceupon the internal trade of the country. Theroad from Cumberland to Wheeling cost^1,700,000. I The Erie canal, extending from Buffalo onLake Erie to the Hudson at Albany, wasprojected by De Witt Clinton. The planwas at first pronounced impracticable, butClinton succeeded in inducing the State of ;s8 FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR. New York to undertake the scheme, and in1825 the great work was completed and thewaters of the lakes and the Hudson wereunited. The completion of this canal securedto the city of New York the control of thewestern trade, and added to its wealth andimportance in a marked degree. Mauch Chunk railway, from the coal minesto the Lehigh riv
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