Answer:In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America's leading export.
Explanation:
Charles, the duke of Orleans, sent it to his wife when he was a prisoner.
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B. It established two houses: the House of Representatives where state size determined number of representatives, and the Senate where each state would have only two senators no matter what its size
Explanation:
The Great Compromise led to the formation of a bicameral legislature that comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The problem which led to the formation of these houses was the contention between the small and large states. The large states wanted representation on the basis of numbers while the small states wanted representation equal representation to avoid domination by the larger states.
Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth proposed this Great compromise that eventually resolved the problem between the opposing parties. The house of representatives allowed the representation of the states on the basis of numbers while the senate allowed each state no matter the population to only have two elected representatives.
Answer:
John Locke.
Explanation:
John Locke is a British philosopher who lived in exile in the Netherlands from 1683 to 1688, his first finished work there was "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding", which addressed human knowledge topics, related to empiricism views.
Later in the book "The Second Treatise of Government" he argues against the Divine Right of Kings doctrine, which people were born in a condition that due to God subservience they should accept the social hierarchy and be obedient to their authoritarian Kings, as they were God’s representatives in earth.
Locke advocates that humans were free and decided because of natural laws to join together as in a social contract and to give part of their rights to a government, but keeping some rights, questioning the legitimacy of absolute power. He defends the sovereignty of the people and argues about legitimacy of government by decision and reasoning, opposing to legitimacy of power taken by force or violence.
1. Committees of Correspondence- wrote back and fourth and helped each other
2. Magna Carta- document that gave English men many rights
3. Mercantilism- sell more than you buy and prosper
4. Stamp Tax- had to buy a british stamp
5. Townshend Taxes- taxes on lead glass paper paint and tea
6. Boston Tea Party- threw 342 chests of tea into the water
7. Firebrand- a hot head
8. Samuel Adams- started the committees of correspondence
9. Sons of Liberty- secret society to oppose British policies
10. Thomas Paine- wrote common sense
11. Common Sense- roused many colonists for independence
12. Patrick Henry- member of the house of burgesses
13. Patriot- wanted to be free of British rule
14. Quarters- house for soldiers
15. Loyalist- supported the king
16. Congress- group of delegates
17. Redcoat- british solider
