It was "India" that successfully maintained neutrality when it came to dealing with the two superpowers following World War II and carrying forward into the
<span>'60s, since they had gained a great deal of autonomy after the relative fall of the British Empire. </span>
The Erie Canal connected Albany on the Hudson with Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie (B). This canal originally ran around 363 miles and sought to create a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
Because it was one of the 13 colonies.