To what extent does the american economy shape the american experience?

It shapes our experience because for many centuries the most important thing was ECONOMY. It is what makes us experience with the economy because we've used it for such a long time that we got used to it. What I am trying to say here is that our experience is with economy.

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an effect of the steamboat's popularity was that people began building canals in the united states and europe. this was done to find another way to transport goods across the country and in that time, transportation using the river was very slow and dangerous. it depended entirely on manpower and the current of the river. that all changed in the late 1700's when steamboats were introduced. they soon revolutionized travel and trade through the river and dominated the waterways. eventually, other means of transportation took over from the steamboats, but there was a time that they the united states to expand to the west.

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