EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Question
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The abolitionist movement was based in the North.
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The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants.
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Opposition to slavery by the Anglican Church was stronger in the North.
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Geographic factors contributed to the growth of the southern plantation system.
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the primary reasons for the reinvigoration of slavery was the invention and rapid widespread adoption of the cotton gin. This machine allowed Southern planters to grow a variety of cotton-short staple cotton-that was especially well suited to the climate of the Deep South.
Detailed explanation-2: -With ideal climate and available land, property owners in the southern colonies began establishing plantation farms for cash crops like rice, tobacco and sugar cane-enterprises that required increasing amounts of labor.
Detailed explanation-3: -The history and growth of slavery in colonial America was tied to the rise of land cultivation, and particularly the boom in the production of tobacco (in Virginia and Maryland) and rice (in the Carolinas).