All of the following developments in the late 1790s led to the rapid expansion of cotton production in the United States in the early 1800s EXCEPT
A) the growing preference of Europeans for cotton clothing to the wool and linen clothing they had previously worn.
B) an unanticipated wool and linen production shortage in England and the United States.
C) a set of technological changes including the "flying shuttle," the spinning jenny, the "water frame," and the cold-powered steam engine that made the mass production of cotton technologically possible and cheaper to produce.
D) the legal and illegal transfer of cotton-related technology from England to the United States.
Answer: B
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