How did technology play a role in opening southeast asia and the pacific to foreign influence? better farming methods made asian crops more desirable by the west. better train routes enabled faster trading between europe and asia. faster communications using the telephone lines made it easier for governments to monitor colonies. faster and more powerful ships were able to transport explorers and troops to more faraway lands.

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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.