Directions: after declaring independence from great britain, america's first government was established by the articles of confederation. after analyzing the articles and its weaknesses, select what you think are its 3 biggest weaknesses. explain why you think the authors included them or their reasoning and then why you think it proved to be a major weakness.

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asked for and recieved from the united states

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.