They discovered the New World by accident. They were looking for new routes that would take them quicker to Asia to trade. At the time they did not know the earth was round. They believed it was flat and would sail straight to Asia. Therefore, when Colombus hit the New World he called the natives Indians because he believed he had reached India.
After the Revolution, the slavery continued because the Founders had a difficulty on which one to prioritize. Their priority during that time was to break free from the British rule and to begin to work as a new nation. Slavery only ended up during the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution in the year 1835.
To explain the "no west" comment, in 1812 the American "west" only reached as far as the Mississippi River.
The northern states were heavily involved in international trade, having the ports and ship building yards. The men who sailed on those ships were likewise mostly from the north and were the ones being impressed into the British navy. The agrarian south's interests lay entirely in the production of tobacco, cotton, sugar, sorghum and a few other large cash crops. The commerce was mostly within America and they had little interest in shipping issues.
Answer:extended drought and high winds
Explanation: that’s a natural disaster
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