This term would be known as Strict Construction
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Search it on history.com i got all my information from there because i had a book report.
I’m pretty sure it’s Sentencing since you get sentenced in a trial, and this is pre trial phase. Sorry if it’s wrong ._.
Answer:
Northern: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island.
Middle: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
Southern: North&South Carolina, Georgia
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