The cotton gin was a great invention for food production.
a. true
b. false

False.  It was used to separate cotton seeds from cotton to produce more cotton for sale. It was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 and created a major boost in the production of cotton as many farmers grew rich but it also spread the system of slavery in the Southern states.

In the late fifteenth century, a major world power that established colonies in the era of old imperialism was france or germany or spain. their colonial activity was mainly limited to america or africa or asia.