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Pennsylvania Begins Its Industries

Review the vocabulary and main concepts of chapter 7 of our Pennsylvania text.

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the making, selling, and moving of goods, products, or servicesindustry
to move goods and peopletransport
important industry that became the center of small townsgristmill
road for which travelers had to pay a toll to useturnpike
vehicle strong enough to carry supplies and trade goods over the rugged mountains to western PennsylvaniaConestoga wagon
waterway dug across land for small boats to go throughcanal
word meaning to carry something over landportage
what the Allegheny Portage really wasrailroad
known for building steamboatsJohn Fitch and Robert Fulton
built the first all-steam train in PennsylvaniaMatthias Baldwin
built the nation's first oil refinery to produce kerosene in PittsburghSamuel Kier
products Pennsylvania led the nation in producing during the 1800'slumber, iron ore, and coal
important product that came from northern Pennsylvania in the mid-1800'slumber
drilled the first oil well in the worldEdwin Drake
industry in which the Industrial Revolution did not happen quicklyfarming
one of first industries to change from small scale to large scale productiontextiles
word that means to make somethingmanufacture
what the settlement of Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River began asferryboat crossing
large raft used to float wagons across riversferryboat
Pennsylvania's most famous canalMain Line Canal
product made from soft coal that produced a hotter firecoke
time in history when there was very rapid growth in industriesIndustrial Revolution

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