Answer:
i. to stop Spain from transferring land to France
ii. to buy New Orleans and Florida from France
Explanation:
The cotton gin changed the textile industry by making cotton far easier to sort, greatly increasing the output of available cotton and therefore causing the price to drop. The cotton gin works by separating the cotton fluff that will be made into fabric from seeds and dirt. Previously, picking these seeds out of cotton took a great deal of time and energy, but the invention of the cotton gin in 1794 sped up the process, allowing farms to produce far more cotton and increasing the amount of cotton available for making clothing.
Rene Descartes was a key figure in the scientific revolution and had some stuff to do with math so probably him ( don't hold me to that and check other peoples answers)
I believe that the answer is b
A. Spanish colonies were controlled by the Spanish king; the English had more local control.