Mercantilism was the belief that
question 4 options:
the english colonies would drop their legal rights and elected assemblies.
the purpose of colonies is to economically benefit the mother country.
a government could tax without consent of the taxpayers for regulating trade.
colonists would henceforth be required to pay taxes to the crown to fund their own protection.

the purpose of colonies is to economically benefit the mother country.

it for the workers lik if you have a job thats what its for

explanation:

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.