I’m going to assume Italy? Italy stayed out of the war for as long as possible...I’m not quite sure though. The war did happen around Italy so that’s where my thoughts came from.
The importance of the Erie Canal in opening a trade route was that it allowed for ferries and boats to travel along it and deliver goods.
<h3>Why was the Erie Canal important?</h3>
The canal was built at a time when river and ocean transport was the main way of transporting goods and services.
As a result, the Erie Canal allowed for goods to be traded on areas that would eventually become Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.
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