What important role did the demand for cotton play in the industrialrevolution?

Answer 1

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which made cotton harvesting much easier for southern farmers. The ease of growing and harvesting then caused it to become the chief industry of the south, and resulted in the Southern States having a strongly agrarian economy.

Answer 2

Innovations in British textile industry made cotton goods cheaply and widely available, driving the demand for American cotton extremely high. While the British created more efficient factories for producing textiles, the American cotton growers benefited from new technologies (Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin, Mckormick Reaper, etc). The high demand for cotton goods made it possible for the cotton industry to adopt these new technologies, making the process more efficient, and thus cyclically driving the demand even higher. Globalization resulted from the demand of cotton as millions of pounds of cotton were shipped across the Atlantic. The northern United States eventually began building cotton mills and producing textiles themselves, bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States. The demand for cotton drove many of innovations that were occurring during the Industrial Revolution and the demand for cotton created a global market.

Answer 3

It led to cotton being processed more quickly, without additional strain on the person who harvested it. Cotton was a pain to separate seed from fiber, and this invention did it for them. It may have helped diminish slavery since less people were required to do the same job.

Answer 4

Its an increase in agriculture production in the South.

Answer 5

the growth of the textile industry.