State rights the rights or powers retained by the regional government or a federal union under the provisions of a federal constitution!
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What gave them an advantage is economic prosperity due to rich soil and development of plantations based on slave labor. Many profit was accumulated from crops (tobacco) and also cotton. Later on in the 1800s when Eli Whitney created the cotton gin it created a boom in the slave industry and increased largely by 71%. After that the tool allowed mass production in textile industries.
The connection between life, liberty, and property are that all are earned traits by american people.
