The book opens in 1815 and H says the United States was what we would call today a third world country.

       “That is most people lived on isolated farmsteads (standers) and their lives revolved around the weather and the hours of daylight and many people grew their own food and many wives made the clothes for their own family.”

       And distances were great. The country was (beginning) big in 1815 by European (standers) standards and it would get even bigger. In 1803, president T.J negotiated the (procedures) purchase of the L territory from (friends) France, doubling the size of the United States. (And) In 1825, the E (narrow) Canal opened to (service) serve as a (crusure) crucial waterway through New York State.

       H says the canal (sermated) cemented economic (tides) ties between the Midwest and Northeast, (provided) promoted the（gross）growth of New York City and helped integrate the region economically.

       The (peereaed) period also saw a communications revolution. For the first time in history, news could travel faster than a galloping horse. H says the telegraph developed by M promoted long distance trade (ing and) in commodities such as cotton, which was grown in the southern (in) states and shipped to the north and Europe.

NEW WORDS:

Farmstead：n 农场及其建筑物

Cement：v 结合

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