In the West, the completion of the transcontinental railroad greatly benefited the "farming industry," since this meant that farmers could sell their goods to relatively remote locations, which greatly expanded their potential market and increased revenue.
I don’t really know of an event that didn’t happen but if The British would have treated the colonists as friends rather then enemies it would have gotten them out of dept, and we could have never seen independence. If the British government had granted the colonists representation, it might have been prevented. Another branch off of that is if the British want so greedy to keep the American trade for itself and share more with the French. There was a prohibition on trading with France. France was a major market for American goods, especially food, but Britain wanted to keep all American trade for itself so they decreased their share of goods.
Hopefully this sort of helps.
In the United States, railroads encouraged the growth of settlements in the west because they "<span>A. Made it easier to move products from the interior of the country to the cities," since this meant that people who moved to the west could still make a living producing goods that were ultimately sold in the more populus regions in the east. </span>
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The way in which we remain true to ourselves as we move in and out of different communities, cultures, and contexts is by really believing in our foundations and moral pillars that were taught by our parents since we were children. We need to be convinced that the teachings we receive and the culture we had since childhood is proper for our lives.
Of course, we have to maintain an open mind to acknowledge that other people and other communities have their own valid culture; the by-product of their own history and customs.
And that is the beauty of diversity. To have many different things to learn from and to choose from. If we like it and find it useful, we choose it. If not, we discard it. But always, with absolute respect.