UNIT III A - ACTIVITY SHEET

RATES OF TOLL: ON THE CUMBERLAND ROAD (NATIONAL ROAD) IN PENNSYLVANIA
20 sheep ..... 6 cents
20 pigs ..... 6 cents
20 cattle ..... 12 cents
Horse and rider ..... 4 cents
One horse ..... 3 cents
One mule ..... 3 cents
Sled or sleigh with one horse ..... 3 cents
Sled or sleigh with two oxen ..... 3 cents
Sled or sleigh with two horses ..... 6 cents
Sled or sleigh with four oxen ..... 6 cents
Carriage with two wheels and one horse ..... 6 cents
Carriage with two wheels and two horses ..... 9 cents
Carriage with four wheels and two horses ..... 12 cents
Wagon with wheels up to three inches wide and one horse or two oxen ..... 4 cents
Wagon with wheels up to three inches wide and two horses ..... 7 cents
Wagon with wheels between three and four inches wide with one horse or pair of oxen ..... 4 cents
Wagon with wheels between four and six inches wide with one horse or pair of oxen ..... 3 cents
Wagon with wheels between six and eight inches wide with one horse ..... 2 cents
Each additional horse drawing a wagon or carriage ..... 3 cents
Wagons or carts with wheels over eight inches wide ..... Free
ANY PERSON REFUSING TO PAY THE TOLL, A FINE ..... 3 dollars

Answer these questions using the Rates of Toll provided

1. Pretend you are a tollkeeper along the National Road in Pennsylvania. What tolls would you charge for these travelers based on the rates above?
A sled with 2 oxen _____
A horse and rider with a packhorse ____+____ = _____
A drover with a herd of 100 cattle ___+___+___+___+___=_____
A stagecoach (carriage) with four horses ____+____+____=_____
A Conestoga wagon with 3 1/2 inch wheels and 4 horses ____+____+____+____=_____
A carriage with 4 wheels and 4 horses ____+____+____=_____
2. Why would carts and wagons with wheels wider than 8 inches be allowed to travel the Road free?

3. There were six tollhouses in Pennsylvania along the National Road. How much would a horse and rider pay to travel the National Road in this state? ____x____=_____