Which of the following events occurred first on the road to the American Revolution? 1. The British punished the colonists for their actions in Boston.

2. Five men were killed by the British in the Boston Massacre.

3.The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act to help pay for war debt.

4.The Battles of Lexington and Concord took place.

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explanation:

why not?

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.