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The Cotton Gin revolutionized the cotton industry in America during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The Cotton gin sped up the extraction of cotton seeds from the fiber to such and extent that it could replace the work of fifty men or women doing the same work. This led to the cotton industry ... Read more

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Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts

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When Eli Whitney left New England and headed South in 1792, he had no idea that he would invent a machine that would change the history of America. After the invention of cotton gin the production of raw cotton doubled every decade and the demand was increasing by the other inventions of the industrial revolution...

Cotton Gin Invention in the Industrial Revolution - A significant invention of the Industrial Revolution was the cotton gin, which was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. Eli Whitney was an American inventor and is remembered today for inventing the cotton

by Martha Hutchens Eli Whitney, image from Deposit PhotosMost school children have heard about Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin. This invention hit some of the highest highs and lowest lows of any invention in history. It made cotton profitable in the south, which fed the textile mills of the industrial revolution. It also made slavery profitable and contributed to its longevity. An updated version is still used today. However, Eli Whitney developed something else which may well…