To find gold and metals, to increase trade, to compete with Spain to be the dominant power in Europe.
The correct answer is that water travel is easier than land travel.
But some additional aspects were that during a land travel, a lot of taxes were collected on the way by all the cities throug which one had to pass: and they hoped that water travel would bring the goods in cheaper.
The bill went against his more lenient plans for reuniting the nation.
A it led to conflicts with the Republican Congress on ape.x
because it had no power to tax or regulate trade
