Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the
a. steamboat.
b. cotton gin.
c. railroad locomotive.
d. telegraph.
e. repeating revolver.
Question 2
The native peoples of Virginia (Powhatans) succumbed to the Europeans because they
a. died in large numbers from European diseases.
b. lacked the unity necessary to resist the well-organized whites.
c. were no longer a resource for food once the Virginians began growing their own crops.
d. were not a reliable labor source and could be disposed of without harming the colonial economy.
e. All of these
Cotton Pygmy Goose - male in Thailand
Cotton Pygmy Goose - female in Thailand
Prices for Cotton and for Slaves, 1802–1860
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Thomas Anshutz, Steamboat on the Ohio.