He was from the South, and Southerners thought he should support their cause. ... It created a dividing line between free and slave states???
Explanation:
Trade routes to market were cut off by war, either water ways or roads. Farmers could not plant surpluses because they might not be able to sell the excess and it would just rot on their fields. Herds of cattle and horses were depleted either by the plundering of the British or as provisions for the Continental Army.
Nationalism usually does provoke violence and rebellions within nations. A great example of such a thing was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Bosnian Serb due to the fact he was a major Serbian Nationalist and believe Bosnia should be apart of Serbia.
English settlers main hope was to gain land in the new world that they could use for farming. This would enable them to make money from selling crops. They would then pass the land to their sons keeping the family prosperous.
There were other settlers that left to escape persecution (mostly religious persecution).
