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Constitution
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our country's plan of government written by delegates from different states- still used today
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Constitutional Convention
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the meeting at which they wrote the Constitution- held in Philadelphia in 1787
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delegate
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a person chosen to represent a group
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transportation
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a way to move goods or people from one place to another
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steamboat
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a boat with a large paddle wheel which was powered by a steam engine and could travel against a river's current (Robert Fulton and John Fitch built steamboats that ran in PA.)
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canal
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an inland waterway built for transportation
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turnpike
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the first major road in the US to be built with crushed stone- a highway on which travelers had to pay a fee, or toll
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