Benjamin Franklin feared that if the colonists did not unite to repel the French and Indians, then the colonies would be forever "split," since the French would take more and more land to the east, along the coast.
The introduction of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney had a great effect on the plantations, as well as slavery. Before the cotton gin was invented, the production of cotton was a… painstaking business. To remove the cotton fiber from the seeds took a great amount of time.
The answer for the first one is b this is because the article talks about the Boston tea party and the Boston tea party was to protest against British tariffs (taxesj
I believe it's A: the Federal City
