A Traveler Describes Life Along the Erie Canal, 1829According to the visitor, what constitutes as progress for Americans? Why do you think he may find this peculiar or distinctly American?Which American habits does he comment about? Is he critical? Why or why not?What has the Erie Canal done to Rochester, New York? How is this characteristic of the market economy/revolution? Harriet H. Robinson Remembers a Mill Workers' Strike, 1836 What were the young women protesting? What consequences did they face?How these workers describe their oppression?Think about "Vindication of the Rights of Women" by Mary Wollstonecraft. What would she say about the mill workers? Do you think this is what she had in mind for women? Why or why not?

A Traveler Describes Life Along the Erie Canal, 1829 According to the visitor, what constitutes as progress for Americans? Why do you think he may find this peculiar or distinctly American? Which American habits does he comment about? Is he critical? Why or why not? What has the Erie Canal done to Rochester, New York? How is this characteristic of the market economy/revolution?

A Traveler Describes Life Along the Erie Canal, 1829 According to the visitor, what constitutes as progress for Americans? Why do you think he may find this peculiar or distinctly American? Which American habits does he comment about? Is he critical? Why or why not? What has the Erie Canal done to Rochester, New York? How is this characteristic of the market economy/revolution?