A Train Tour of the Northeast

Vocabulary

peakThe top of a mountain

canala ditch dug

across land that often connects two waterways

skyscrapera very tall building

Declaration of Independencedocument

declaring the United States free from Great Britain

milla factory in which

people make products out of raw materials

American Revolutionthe war in which

the American colonies won independence from Great Britain

locka water elevator used to raise and lower

boats

Mass productiona way of making large quantities of

products

United States Constitutionthe plan of

government for the United States