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    tobacco‚ cotton‚ corn‚ potatoes‚ sweet potatoes and livestock and sugar. Cotton was one of the most important resources both to the Americans and the Europeans. Cotton grows in climates that are warm and have long sunny periods so it was mainly grown in Asian countries like Uzbekistan‚ Pakistan and Turkey. But since the Ottomans (modern day Turkey and had borders with the other countries with cotton) did not want to trade with the Europeans‚ the people of Europe wanted there own cotton fields

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    invention of the cotton gin‚ the surrender of raw cotton doubled each decade after 1800. Demand for cotton was fueled by other inventions of the Industrial Revolution‚ such as the machines to spin and weave it and the steamboat to transport it. At mid century the South provided three-fifths of America’s exports‚ most of it in cotton. The cotton gin gave birth to the American mass-production concept and brought the South prosperity‚ but still contributed to the growth of slavery. While the cotton gin reduced

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    ......... 7 2.2 Why cotton fibers & reactive dyes been used…...............................................7 2.3 Why time is necessary for dyeing cotton fabric with reactive dye....................7 2.4 Effect of time for dyeing cotton fabric with reactive dye………………..……7 2.5 What is organic cotton and how is it grown……………………………….......8 2.6 Why does the industry want to use organic cotton……………….……....……8 2.7 Characteristics of cotton……………………………………………...…….….8

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    Agricultural Invention: compound bow‚ riding saddle‚ and the cotton gin Agriculture has many things to do with inventions. Now you might think that inventions only consist of science and technology. Even though this is  true‚ science and technology are involved in agriculture too‚ but the invention themselves is related to agriculture by its purpose or how it is used and by whom. For example‚ the compound bow. It is used for hunting and to bring in a “harvest” of game for food. That is agriculture

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    DBQ Mechanization of the Cotton Industry in Japan and India During the period between the 1880’s and 1930’s both Japan and India showed great increases in the use of machines to produce cotton and yarn products. While demand for these products increased‚ demand for workers also increased. Both countries recruited these laborers in similar fashions. Major differences between Japan and India during this time period were gender differences in workers and their working conditions. Documents 1‚ 2

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    The rise of cotton production was very crucial and had an extreme effect on America’s economy. After Indigo had begun to be exported to Britain from other places‚ America needed a new cash crop. Following careful consideration‚ it was decided that cotton was the most reasonable choice. This led many former “indigo farmers along the coast [to] switch[ed] to Sea Island‚ or “black seed‚” cotton” which was a long-staple type of cotton (South Carolina Journey‚ pg. 119). This type of cotton

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    DBQ Essay – Mechanization of Cotton Industries In Japan and India‚ the mechanization of the Cotton Industries between 1880 and 1930 had many similarities and differences. From their workers‚ to the increase in production over the years‚ to the way the conditions of the factory were and how women were treated in the factories. As for the workers from both Japan and India‚ they were treated fairly different. They worked twelve to fourteen hours days with no breaks pushing a pedal

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    Case Study 3 - States and Industrial support: Cotton Candy for Texas Farmers Student Name: Learning Institution: a) Reason why the US cotton industry has remained successful for so long The US cotton industry receives government support mainly in the form of subsidies that protect them from adversities such as price instabilities. Cotton farmers are also assisted by the US government to purchase modern equipment (Sitkin & Bowen‚ 2010). This leads to

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    of witchcraft. Through this period of time twenty people were executed due to mere assumption to have been involved in witchcraft or Devil worship. Living through these events and making accounts of them were two men by the names‚ Cotton Mather and John Hale. Both Cotton Mather and John Hale‚ influential Puritan Ministers‚ were supporters of the Salem Witch Trials which took place for two years between 1692 and 1693 and‚ had both written two very influential pieces detailing them‚ Mather’s "Wonders

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    Rough Draft Mary Ann Cotton is known as a bad person. She had not only committed crimes but also had a hard life growing up which makes it realistic to how she became the person she is now. Her childhood and her having resentment towards men really tells why the way she is. There had been many family members that had died in her family as in her father while she was growing up. Soon later her mother had re-married which had led to bad conflicts with Mary. Mary Ann Cotton had such a big family. She

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