The National Road or Cumberland Road was built between 1811 and 1837 in the USA. It is 620-miles long. President Thomas Jefferson approved the construction of this road in 1806. It became the first highway built with the aid of federal funds.
<em>It functions as an enabler for people looking to move West in the early nineteenth century</em> as it connected the eastern state of Maryland with the western state of Illinois.
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The main reason was due to trade, and because of the Ottoman Empire
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So back in the day spices were greatly valued and India had a plethora of different countries to trade with. Then the Ottoman Empire came into existence, so every country that lived to the West of the Ottoman Empire could no longer travel by land and countries had to find sea routes. Vasco de Gama of Portugal was the first European to reach India by sea by sailing around the southern tip of Africa and all the way to India(Asia).
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Upon seeing Perry's fleet sailing into their harbor, the Japanese called them the "black ships of evil mien (appearance)." Many leaders wanted the foreigners expelled from the country, but in 1854 a treaty was signed between the United States and Japan which allowed trade at two ports.
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