TCI - Chapter 4 - the Northeast ! ! peak the top of a mountain ! the war in which the American colonies won independence from Great Britain ! a ditch dug across land that often connects two waterways ! a water elevator used to raise and lower boats ! ! American Revolution canal lock skyscraper a very tall building TCI - Chapter 4 - the Northeast ! a way of making large quantities of products ! ! ! ! ! a factory in which people make products out of raw materials ! ! mass production Declaration of Independence United States Constitution mill wage the document that declared the United States to be free from Great Britain the plan of government for the United States a payment of money for work