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Eli Whitney had a drastic effect on not just the Unted States, but the Industrial Revolution. The creation of the cotton gin, as well as the push towards the production and use of items with interchangable parts greatly contributed to how the Industrial Revolution functioned and began creating. Without Eli Whitney, our country would not be what it is now.
Just the smaller hand-crank version of Whitney's cotton gin could produce 50 pounds of seedless cotton in one day. The raw cotton yield doubled each decade after 1800. America became one of the leading producers of cotton...with a cost. Unknowingly, his invention of the cotton gin drastically increased the demand for slaves, especially in-guess where?- the South.
Throughout his youth, Eli proved to be a very intelligent child. He was curious about how things worked. In just his childhood, he repaired a watch, made a violin, and made a nail forge. He studied at what is now Yale University, and then moved to the South with the intentions of becoming a tutor.
Eli Whitney came into the world on December 8th, 1765. He grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts, with his parents Eli and Elizabeth Whitney, along with his three siblings: Josiah, Ben, and Elizabeth. Eli's mother died when he was just twelve years old.
In the United States, we have come to associate one main invention with the industrial revolution: The cotton gin. Invented by Eli Whitney in the 18th century, the cotton gin, and other creations of Whitney's proved to be...revolutionary.
When Eli Whitney arrived in the Georgia, he left his tutoring position in order to stay on the plantation of Catherine Greene to study law. Whilst living on the plantation, Whitney learned of the difficulty that came with growing cotton inland. Encouraged by his employer Mrs. Greene, Whitney began devising a way to increase production of cotton.
The Cottin Gin worked something like a strainer. Hooks within a spinning drum would pull the soft cotton fibers that were desired though a mesh. The sticky cotton seeds couldn't fit through the mesh though. Smaller gins were hand cranked, and larger ones were initially powered by horse, and then later steam engines.