Farmed corn, beans, and squash.
One of the major effects of the cotton gin on slavery was the increased need for slaves ... With Eli Whitney's invention, cotton lint could be produced quickly and ... far less painful, the increased demand for slaves resulted in slavery raising from ... effects of the Western Expansion in the United States were the intensification of
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution<span> of the United States, on November 15, 1777, but the states </span>did not ratify them until March 1, 1781. Also, t<span>he </span>Constitution<span> made federal law over state law. In </span>Article<span> I of the </span>Constitution<span>, Congress can regulate interstate commerce. ... In the </span>Constitution<span>, the government had the power to levy taxes. There also were financial problems with the </span>Articles of Confederation<span>.</span>