This would allow for a direct water trade route to New York City (C).
The Erie Canal connects the Hudson River in Albany with Lake Erie in Buffalo. DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, asked for its creation in the early 19th century in order to have a navigable water route from New York City to the Great Lakes.
In the 18th century, the lack of railwails in this area made water the most profitable shipping route for bulk goods (i.e. large quantities of merchandise not packaged in usual containers, such as coal, oil, chemicals, sugar).
Edward Tolman's is the correct answer.
Edward Tolman was an American psychologist and a famous professor who made contributions to the Psychology studies. Through a serie of researches with rats, Edward Tolman was able to develop the Latent Learning in both animals and humans. He argued that people are constantly learning even when they don't make great effort to it. When we drive or walk the same route home everyday, we learn the location of different buildings, places, and objects. If, for some reason, we're unable of taking the route we're used to take, we will have no problem finding a different one to get home.
