The english renaissance fostered a great thirst for exploration, which eventually led to
a. the discovery of sicily off the coast of italy.
b. sir francis drake's circumnavigation of the globe.
c. the discovery and persecution of protestant nations.
d. the expedition of king henry viii, which marked the first voyage of a monarch around the horn of africa.

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.