What was a direct result of jamestown's success? a. the return of half of the colonists to englandb. a decrease in indentured servants in the colonyc. the importation of african slaves to the english coloniesd. a sudden and marked decline in the colony's population

the answer is option a.

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.