The answer to this question is likely that similar circumstances, trends, and events happen in history at different time periods. Hope this helps!
First Christopher Columbus sets out on his first voyage in 1492 then the Muscovy company is established in 1555 after that the French establish a fur trade in Canada around the 1600s
The southern colonies reliance on slave labor eventually could have caused problems because it kept the economy from developing manufacturing jobs or other jobs for the middle class.
You didnt state what the Confederates were surprised with!!!!!
They did believe them<span />
