Gallatin Plan

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The Gallatin Plan was an early 19th-century U.S. federal blueprint, devised by Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin, for a nationwide system of roads and canals to promote economic growth and national integration.

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instanceOf United States federal government plan ⓘ
infrastructure plan ⓘ
transportation plan ⓘ
aimedAt facilitating interstate commerce ⓘ
strengthening national unity ⓘ
supporting westward expansion ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
author Albert Gallatin ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedIn Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals ⓘ
describedTheoreticalConcept federal role in infrastructure development ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic policy ⓘ
infrastructure planning ⓘ
transport policy ⓘ
follows Jeffersonian vision of an agrarian republic ⓘ
genre government report ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States ⓘ
hasEffect provided blueprint for nationwide system of roads and canals ⓘ
hasPart proposal for a national canal network ⓘ
proposal for a national road network ⓘ
proposal for improved river navigation ⓘ
historicalPeriod Era of Jeffersonian democracy ⓘ
inception 1808 ⓘ
influenced development of the National Road ⓘ
subsequent U.S. internal improvements policy ⓘ
influencedBy need for national market integration ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject canals ⓘ
internal improvements ⓘ
roads ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
partOf early U.S. internal improvements movement ⓘ
pointInTime early 19th century ⓘ
positionHeldByAuthor United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
proposedBy Albert Gallatin ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
proposedDuration multi-decade infrastructure program ⓘ
publicationDate April 4, 1808 ⓘ
purpose promote economic growth ⓘ
promote national integration ⓘ
significantPerson Albert Gallatin ⓘ
timePeriod post-Revolutionary United States expansion ⓘ
topic canal construction in the United States ⓘ
road construction in the United States ⓘ

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