The First Transcontinental Railroad<span> was built crossing the western half of America and it was pieced together between 1863 and 1869. It was 1,776 miles long and served for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States to be connected by rail for the first time in history.</span>
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Social effects-
<span>1. Cultural Diffusion </span>
<span>2. Religious tensions (Christians + Muslims) </span>
<span>3. Wider view of the world for Europeans because remember they lived in a manor and never were exposed to the outside world and education from trade. </span>
<span>4. Pope is still powerful, but fails to heal the divisions between the RCC (Roman Catholic Church) and the EOC (Eastern Orthodox Church) </span>
<span>Political effects- </span>
<span>1. Monarchs gain more power </span>
<span>-they collect taxes - to finance the Crusades </span>
<span>2. Pope + Monarchs start to clash </span>
<span>3. Serfdom becomes undermined (Serfs get more freedom) </span>
<span>Economic Effects- </span>
<span>1. Commercial economy - pay money in rent </span>
<span>- new business practices </span>
<span>- 1. banking...2. loans + usury(charging interest on loans) </span>
<span>- Christians + Muslims were forbidden to interests or usury so Jews had to </span>
