1. California generally has about the 5th largest economy in the world, do you believe we would be better off starting our own country so we have more say over our taxes? Or do you
believe we should stay exactly where we are a State within the United States? Explain your
reasoning.

California is much better within the United States than it would be in an independent country. Even if California has a great economy, it's not just about the economy to start a new country. Also, even if they wanted to, America wouldn't approve of it, in the end, California is an influential and important state to them.

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d) the constitution rights of native americans and their right to self-government on reservations

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.