Due to the sharp rise of globalization, along with technological innovations such as the Internet, cultural and economic exchanges between nations today have reached unprecedented levels--meaning that practically anything can be shared and have an impact on society.
Bigger states did not wanted enslaved people to count towards the state population. This is since congress rep is based off population, and it would boost the representation of smaller states.
Any "big" state in the 13 colonies works. <u>Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia...</u>