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Eli Whitney (born December 8, 1765, Westboro Massachusetts-died January 8, 1825, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer, and his best-remembered invention was the cotton gin.

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This is a sketch of Eli Whitney during 1794

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Why did Eli Whitney create the Cotton Gin?

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Why did Eli Whitney create the Cotton Gin?

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Eli Whitney created the cotton gin because there was a hunger for cotton in the South, and he realized by creating a machine to clean the green-seed cotton could make the South prosperous and make its inventor rich. Eli set off to create the Cotton Gin.

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The Cotton Gin doing its work by cleaning the green-seed cotton

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Information: Mirsky, Jeannette. “Eli Whitney.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Eli-Whitney.

Drawing of Eli Whitney and Information: Ap. “1794: Eli Whitney.” Madison.com, 13 Mar. 2017, madison.com/1794-eli-whitney/image_cdf21d66-081b-11e7-b3f2-b3996e0f2336.html.

Workers Photo and Information: “Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin.” Bill of Rights Institute, billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/eli-whitney-and-the-cotton-gin.

Portrait of Eli Whitney and Information: Ap. “1794: Eli Whitney.” Madison.com, 13 Mar. 2017, madison.com/1794-eli-whitney/image_cdf21d66-081b-11e7-b3f2-b3996e0f2336.html.

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In this illustration from Harper’s Weekly in 1869, enslaved workers operate a cotton gin.

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I chose Eli Whitney because he significantly impacted the Industrial Revolution, and I thought it would be cool to do something that affected history significantly. When I started reading the articles about Eli Whitney, I realized Eli Whitney had an everyday life until he constructed the cotton gin with Miller. They had a tough time getting the cotton gin to take off however after it did, it significantly impacted workers and the cotton industry. I learned about the cotton gin and how it took a while to use it and get enough materials for the machine. Also, Eli Whitney had a life after the cotton gin by creating 10,000 muskets for the war and other people.  While learning about Eli Whitney, I noticed he cared and helped people positively and for a life with and new equipment production or resources. I enjoyed seeing all of the different photos and learning more about the cotton gin and Eli Whitney. I used Padlet, which was my first time using it. I like that you can add photos and "posts," which makes it look like a blog along with being able to move the order of the posts.

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This is a replica of Eli Whitney's 1793 cotton gin

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Whitney's cotton gin had four parts:

1. A hopper to feed the cotton.

2. A revolving cylinder that had hundreds of short wire hooks that closely set in lines to match the grooves cut in.

3. A breastwork that strained out the seed while the fiber flowed through.

4. A cylinder with bristles that turned in opposite directions and brushed the cotton from the hooks and let it fly off by its force.

After Eli perfected his machine, he and Miller went into business manufacturing and servicing the new cotton gins. However, the planters did not want to pay the service costs, which put the partners out of business by 1797. In 1802 the state of South Carolina agreed to pay $50,000, which was half the sum that Miller and Whitney asked for, and similar settlements with North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. Miller and Whitney had about $90,000! Congress refused to renew the patent, which expired in 1807. His invention made the green-seed cotton a profitable cash crop throughout the South.

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What did Eli Whitney learn from the Cotton Gin, and what were his plans?

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What did Eli Whitney learn from the Cotton Gin, and what were his plans?

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Eli Whitney learned that his integrity impacted his mechanical and entrepreneurial talents with other projects he was working on for manufacturing. He helped with the war by supplying 10,000 muskets in two years. He then married Henrietta Edwards. He had four children, including Eli Whitney Jr, who continued in his footsteps and became a manufacturer.