The right to petition the government means that a. citizens aide in the running of the government. b. citizens could request for a revote if they did not like who was elected. c. citizens require that their government ignores all but the majority. d. citizens could ask their government to address a particular grievance and that the government would take them seriously.

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.

it allows shippers to carry commercial goods, which allows them to save time and money.

your mothers brothers brother in law would be your father.