Why did the plantation system of agriculture developed in the southern united states instead of the north eastern united states?

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The major impact third parties have on presidential elections has been to.. a. encourage larger vote turnout b. recruiter leader from the democratic and republican party to run for president c. generate increased party identification among the electorate d. developing issues that are later adopted by the major political parties e. drawn off of votes from the major parties to throw election into the house representatives

Plz what action did president jefferson take to stop britain and france from seizing american merchant ships? a. he declared war on france. b. he called for increased tariffs on british and french goods. c. he called for an embargo on all foreign trade. d. he declared war on britain.