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Matthew Freitag/ Eli Whitney

By susan.holdmeyer@washington.k12.mo.us

  • Eli Whitney is born

    Eli Whitney is born
    Eli Whiteny was born in Westboro,Massachusetts by Eli Whitney Sr. and Elizabeth Whitney (Fay).

  • Acceptence into Yale University

    Acceptence into Yale University
    Whitney get acceptence into Yale collage/Unversity.

  • Going south

    Going south
    Eli goes to the south.

  • Construsting the cotton gin

    Construsting the cotton gin
    Whitney had a designed and constusted the cotton gin.

  • Whitney dad died

    Whitney dad died
    Eli Whitney dad dead he was a Prosperous farner.

  • The cotton gin was invented

    The cotton gin was invented
    The cotton gin was invented.

  • Business gets lawsuit

    Business gets lawsuit
    Eli Whitney's cotton factory goes out of business because lawsuit.

  • Manufacture 10,000 rifles

    Manufacture 10,000 rifles
    Eli manufacture 10,000 rifles for the government.

  • Gets married

    Gets married
    Eli gets married to Henrietta Whitney (Edwards).

  • Whitney death

    Whitney death
    Eli Whitney died because of Prostate cancer