For Which of the Following Reasons Did New York's State

For which of the following reasons did New York's state government fund the building of the Erie Canal in 1817?

A) The state was required to provide publicly funded jobs to the state's unemployed workers.
B) New Yorkers sought to link the Hudson River with the Great Lakes.
C) New York City needed to increase its supply of fresh drinking water.
D) The governor wanted to display the state's wealth to the rest of the world.