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gbarreiro

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Which European empire's threatening expeditions and settlements in the South and West prompted Spain to establish a few settlement in Texas beginning in 1716?
 
  a. France
  b. Great Britain
  c. Portugal
  d. Holland
  e. none of these

Question 2

As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin
 
  a. fewer slaves were needed on the plantations.
  b. short-staple cotton lost popularity.
  c. slavery was reinvigorated in the South.
  d. Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery.
  e. the African slave trade was legalized.



cassie_ragen

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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