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.
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