The most important part of the enlightenment was the development of ideas through philosophers about new government. This was the most important part of the enlightenment because new ideas were spread quickly throughout Europe.
Southern statesmen wanted slaves to count while calculating which how many representatives a state would get (that way, southern states would have more representation) and northern statesmen wanted slaves to not count while calculating representation (that way the north would have more)
3/5th was the compromise--- each slave counted as 3/5th of a person.
Their lack of a good trading system. Since they had no Beasts of Burden (Camals) they couldn’t transfer their goods to any trading port.
Another problem was that there rulers after were terrible and did nothing but strengthen the army
