GEOG 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Solvay Process, Genesee River, Kodak
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-george washington foundation of great empire is laid . Its people were to stand at the gateway of empire, and were to control its earliest paths- means ny controlled the path to the continental interior. Passageways through mountain ranges highway between the farther west and the sea-boarding east (new england slope, or atlantic slope) Controlled the gateway to the continental interior (he repeated this 3 times) The lakes champlain and george form the main pass between maritime and canada. New england = maritime or ocean orientation. the shape of the land in ny is de ned by these valleys, passageways, gates. they cut through the appalachian divide. Nyc had commanding position on outstanding harbor in world- mouth of hudson river. A) adirondack mountains c) allegheny plateau know where they are on the. Map! referred to as hudson river valley and the mohawk valley.