Why did George Washington support the construction of canals on the James River near Richmond?
He wanted to be able to ship goods to and from west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The canals could be used to generate electricity to power Richmond.
He owned the land and would make money from the construction.
The canals would supply water for drinking and irrigation to the surrounding region.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_River_and_Kanawha_Canal
Thank you for reference but isn't wikipedia an unreliable source?
Wikipedia is fine. But if you don't want to read what DrBob posted, be sure to reread your text.
Alright, well, with my references I believe the answer might be A ? Since it talks about in the Wiki how George Washington had surveyed the mountains at a younger age before the planning of the canal.
I hear a lot of talk about Wikipedia being unreliable but in my opinion I take what they print to the bank. Here is the first line of the reference I gave you.
"The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast." From that one sentence I would have chosen A also. Isn't that what your references said? It doesn't appear to me that Wikipedia is unreliable at all. Perhaps a personal bias against Wikipedia kept you from interpreting the information from your other sources and information from Wikipedia as being the same. Having said all of that, there is nothing wrong with questioning the reliability of a reference.
"The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast." From that one sentence I would have chosen A also. Isn't that what your references said? It doesn't appear to me that Wikipedia is unreliable at all. Perhaps a personal bias against Wikipedia kept you from interpreting the information from your other sources and information from Wikipedia as being the same. Having said all of that, there is nothing wrong with questioning the reliability of a reference.
it's A
also Wikipedia is a great source of information its just that school dumb it down as a unreliable source when it contains some of the most accurate information reviewed by thousands of people and edited many hundreds of times. it gives good scientific information and historical information on almost any topic, i once looked up the half like of uranium-235 and Wikipedia thought me the half life of literally every radioactive material including bismuth which is 7.74x10^24th power. so it is a great and reliable source that you can check with other sources to see if its true.
also btw jimmy whales is the co-founder of wikipedia
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