What was the cotton gin? how did it have a negative impact rather than positive?

It could clean then produce cotton tenfold the time it would take a normal human. It had a negative impact because since it would clean cotton so fast many plantation owners bought more cotton (the more the cotton the more the money). But more cotton requires more harvesters so these plantation owners also would buy more slaves. This of course was not good since this commenced through out the whole country causing a massive spike of slaves to be purchased. If you have any more questions just ask :)

The first permanent British colony was established in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Over the next several centuries more colonies were established in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.