1. In what way did the colonies offer settlers greater political rights than they would have had in England? A far greater percentage of white males in the colonies could vote than in England.
Voting rolls were seldom inspected because of the great distance from England.
In addition to white males, free African Americans and Native Americans who owned property could vote.
Colonial women as well as men could vote in town elections.

because mexico wanted to choose a centralized location

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.