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POSSIBLE ANSWERS FOR "SITE DIAGRAMS"

Diagram for 1800: Importance of water transportation

Site B: ready access to ocean but vulnerable to winds and storm waves.
Site D: Inaccessible
Site C: S Questionable unless students say that Site C is devensible against Indian attack or another reasonable answer. Note: Site C is like Manhattan
Site A: it is protected from ocean waves and has access to two waterways into the interior of the country. Less vulnerable to attack than Site B.

Site: B: Difficult to move the lumber across the land from point B to the coast.
Site A: On the beach and ships cannot come close to the shore for landing. Exposed to winds and tides.
Site D: Exposed to winds and tides.
Site C: Close to the forest and in a bay. Also protected from the storm.

Site A: Junction of a river and a railroad would give town two forms of transportation.
Site B and C: Have locations on the river but not on the railroad. Site B may be subjected to floods.
Site D: Less desirable than a since it is farther from the river, even if it's on the railroad.

Site C: Far from the main road
Sites A & B: Closer to heavily traveled road. Equally advantageous unless farms were more predominant in one area than the other. For example, if more farms were closer to A than B, then a new town may arise near A rather than B.

Site D: Inaccessible to railroads
Site A: At a river junction but no railroad.
Site B: At the junction of a railroad and river
Site C: Two railroads intersect. If accessible to water, this would be a good site.