The cotton gin was innovated by Eli Whitney and is important to the 1800d because of what it did to the innovation of cotton production in the south. Prior to the machine, enslaved people were forced to hand process cotton, now with the machine, more cotton was able to be processed faster which allowed for slavery to continue and expand in the south so that more cotton could be sold to Britian (who did not have the land for cotton growing) and the northern factories to be made into clothes (increasing production of the industrial revolution especially with the Lowell mills). This will be important later with the Civil War as the south believes that Britian will support them because of their trading history and need for cotton (which of course is not done, due to racial tensions between the newly freed persons of Britian and the enslaved system of the South).
Nehru prioritized democracy and industries as his pillars of economic development. many independent countries at the time prioritized the difference, which is agriculture and stability over the ideals of democracy. within a few years of his reign, India had risen to become the world largest democracy and one of the fast developing economies.
Tobacco, by far, was the most profitable of the Middle Colonies' cash crops, but indigo, cotton, and cereals (rye, wheat, corn) were also common.
Commercialisation led to growth of national agriculture and agricultural problem acquired national form. It brought about regional specialization of crops on an efficient basis. Commercialisation encouraged the production of some specific crop and favourably affected their distribution.
