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Q: What effects did the cotton gin have on the southern colonies?
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What contributed to the spread of slavery in the southern colonies?

eli whitneys cotton gin


What effects did the cotton gin have on the southern economy?

It bolstered the need for slave labor in the South.


Which crops were an important part of the economy in the Southern Colonies?

Crops that were an important part of the economy in the Southern Colonies were tabacco, rice, and indigo.


Why did slavery increase in the southern colonies?

The invention of the cotton gin meant that more cotton could be grown, so more slaves were needed to process/grow/pick the cotton.


Slavery in the colonies?

Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.


What machine can do the work of 50 people?

Well, if you're asking this from your Social Studies weekly (Week 21) The answer is Cotton gin, you can find this answer in the article titled "Unintended Effects."


What is Land of Cotton and Cotton Gin?

The southern states of the US. The cotton gin was Eli Whitney's machine that made it easier to separate cottonseed from the cotton.


How did the invention of the cotton gin affect southern planters?

no


The invention that transformed the southern cotton economy was?

c. the cotton gin Slavery was an invention too. It also transformed the southern cotton industry


What new invention allowed Southern farmers to plant more cotton?

Cotton Gin


What led to a sharp rise in southern slaves?

Cotton gin


Who cotton gin revolutionized the southern economy?

Eli Whitney.