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§§ 228, 229.--a. Draw a map showing the states and territories in 1800.

b. How and why had the center of population changed since 1791? Where is it now?

c. Why did so many people live near tide water? Do the same reasons exist to-day?

§§ 230-232.--a. What were the "best roads" in 1800?

b. Describe the dangers and discomforts of traveling in 1800.

c. What were the early steamboats like?

§§ 233, 234.--a. What fact hindered the growth of cotton on a large scale in colonial times?

b. How did Whitney's cotton gin change these conditions?

§§ 235, 236.--a. Why had manufacturing received so little attention before the Revolution?

b. How did the new government encourage manufacturing?

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