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Eli Whitney was born.
Eli Whitney PictureIn Westboro, Massachusetts, Eli Whitney was born to his parents Eli and Elizabeth Whitney. -
Eli Whitney made nails!
Nails PictureEli Whitney helped his dad on their farm but loved to help in the workshop. Eli had a huge fascination with machines and engineering. When Eli was 15, during the Revolutionary War, he created an invention that made nails. Eli made the nails in his dads workshop. He was very good at making nails and eventually started his own business making nails. His business hit off because nails weren’t easy to get during the war. -
Eli went to Yale University.
Memoir PictureFrom 1789 to 1792, Eli went to Yale when he was 23. He had intentions to become a lawyer. He was offered a job from Catherine Greene to read law at Mulberry Grove plantation. He took the job after he denied his tutoring position in South Carolina. -
Eli Whitney and Phineas were partners.
[Colored Cotton Gin Picture](www.industrialrevolutionresearch.com)Eli had a co-partner named Phineas Miller. They went to New England to make more of Eli’s cotton gins. The news about their cotton gin was getting around and many fake replicas of the cotton gin were made. Eli Whitney went to court and asked to make the cotton gin his own but was denied. Eli and Phineas wanted to be the only ones to make the cotton gin and tried again in court ten years later and won. -
Eli Whitney made the Cotton Gin.
Cotton Gin PictureEli Whitney invented the cotton gin. It was an invention to make it easily to wash the green-seed cotton by machine. The green- seed was made of cotton or lint. When the machine takes away the cotton or lint when its cleaning the seed, the cotton and lint is made into cotton thread. The cotton gin could make more cotton in an hour than what several workers could do in the days work. He also applied for a patent on the cotton gin and he recieved it on March 14, 1794. -
The note to his dad.
Eli Whitney Stamp PictureEli Whitney wrote a note to his dad on September 11, 1793 about the new invention the he had made. In the note he explains what the machine does and how it works. He told his dad how long it took him to make it and how much money he was offered. Eli said that he didn’t take the money because he wanted to make his machine better.
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Eli Whitney got a patent for his cotton gin.
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The patent act of 1793 allowed secretary of state to give patents to anyone with that has all the required things needed. Eli asked for a patent on June 20, 1793. Eli got his patent for his cotton gin on March 14, 1794. Eli’s machine company ended in 1797. -
Eli Whitney made the Milling Machine.
Milling Machine PictureEli Whitney made it easier to produce muskets. Eli found how to make muskets with milling machines instead of hand and it made him rich and helped the North get firearms easily. Eli Whitney started a milling machine in Connecticut and these machines were used to make certain things needed for the guns. The gun parts were made in different pieces because each piece was unique unique. The first order was for ten thousand guns, but it took Eli ten years to finish the order, but he quickened his tec -
Eli Whitney makes cotton big!
In the middle of the 1800s cotton had increased in manufacturing because of the cotton gin. In 1840, there was over one billion packages of cotton made. To make all the cotton and make the amount wanted, Southern people were being made slaves. The cotton had brought back slavery in the United States. -
Impact of the cotton.
Slave PictureThe want and need for cotton had a 75% increase during the 1800s. Most of the stuff being sent from the South to America was cotton. Slavery also increased because the want for cotton became so big since it didn't take long to clean. People wanted to sell cotton to get money so they needed more land and slaves. The more land and slaves people got the bigger the citites got. -
Eli Whitney got married.
Eli Whitney got married to Henrietta Edwards. They had a son onNovember 20, 1820 and his name was Eli Whitney Jr. Eli Whitney had died when his son was four years old. His son worked and kept his fathers projects going after Eli died. -
Eli Whitney had died.
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In New Haven, Conneticut, Eli Whitney had died at the age of 60. His grave is in New Haven at the Grove Street Cemetary. -
El Whitney Museum and Workshop.
Eli Whitney has a museum that was made in honor of him. It was built in 1979 and was made to teach people about what Eli Whitney did. The museum and workshop is located where Whitney built an American factory. He built the building in 1798 and it was one of the only American factories at this time. -
The modern-day cotton gin.
The cotton gin is not the same as it used to be in the 1900s. Some changes have been made to the old cotton gin. The modern-day cotton gin can now make the cotton completely set for selling. It looks much more detailed and difficult. -
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