ðə kˈæɹi wʌz stɹətˈiːdʒɪkli ɪmpˈoːɹtənt ɪnðə kəlˈoʊnɪəl wˈɔːɹz bᵻtwˌiːn ɡɹˈeɪt bɹˈɪtən ænd fɹˈæns, ɪnðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən, ænd ɪnðə wˈɔːɹ ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛlv bᵻtwˌiːn ɡɹˈeɪt bɹˈɪtən ænd ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts, ænd ðə sˈɪɾi ʌv ɹˈoʊm, nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd ðɛɹ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks.
The Carry was strategically important in the colonial wars between Great Britain and France, in the American Revolution, and in the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States, and the city of Rome, New York, was founded there in 1796.