What was the main reason the mississippi river was so important to the growing nation?

it offered a way to transport goods from the center of the continent.
it kept the dangerous migrating herds away from populated settlements.
it gave settlers a reason to explore farther to the west of their original settlements.
it maintain a rigid boundary between the colonies and native american populations.

The main reason it was son important was because: it offered a way to transport goods from the center of the continent.  

During the nation's growing era navigation through the Mississippi River became very important since it was cheaper to ship cargo by river than by land over the Appalachian Mountains. This was during most part of the 1800's.  It was up until 1870's that railroads gained more relevance than Mississippi River as the most important commerical transportation mode in Central U.S.

pizarro staged a mock trial and found atahualpa guilty of revolting against the spanish, practicing idolatry, and murdering huáscar, his brother. atahualpa was sentenced to execution by burning. he was horrified, since the inca believed that the soul would not be able to go on to the afterlife if the body were burned.

when christopher columbus arrived on the bahamian island of guanahani (san salvador) in 1492, he encountered the taíno people, whom he described in letters as "naked as the day they were born." taíno influences survived, however, and today appear in the beliefs, religions, language, and music of caribbean cultures.

ad 1492: taíno meet columbus; “new world” gets new diseases. in the bahamas, the taíno are 125,000 strong in 1492 when they encounter the crew and the italian captain of three spanish ships. christopher columbus seeks a shorter sea route to india to spain get a foothold in the profitable spice trade.

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