Where did most of the world's silver come from between the 1600s and 1800s?
a. bolivia, peru and mexico
b. brazil, japan and the caribbean
c. venezuela, guatemala and cuba
d. canada, north america and middle america

most people were factory or company owners.

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.