Cotton Gin

By Sangyoon_Kim
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    Sources (Another one on slave states rose to 6)

    "Eli Whitney Biography Eli Whitney Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com ." Biography Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2013. http://www.biography.com/people/eli-whitney-9530201.
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  • Eli Whitney was born

    Eli Whitney was born

    The inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney, was born in Westboro, Massachussets.
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    Eli Whitney's Childhood

    Eli Whitney spent his childhood as a creative being. He lived on a farm. Though, he had penchant for technology and machines. As through the Revolutionary War, he perfected working with nails for inventing. He made canes and ladies' haptins (those covering hats). This led him to what had become.

  • Slaves States Rose to 6

    "Interchangeable Parts." History.com — History Made Every Day . HIstory, n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2013. http://www.history.com/topics/interchangeable-parts.
  • The Cotton Gin was Born

    The Cotton Gin was Born

    With the help of his comrades, they worked together in order to speed up the proccess of cotton
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    Copies of the Cotton Gin were Invented

    Since Congress couldn't uphold the patent, farmers made copies of the cotton gin. This led to many legal battles about it. This is when the cotton became the number one crop.
  • Principle of interchangable parts

    Principle of interchangable parts

    Congress requested Eli Whitney for 10000 rifles. This was when Eli introduced this concept that led to many others. He dissasembled all of the parts of the rifle, and then rebuilt it right in front of Congress.

  • Larger Demand For Slaves

    Roughly around the 1800's, people got this higher production of cotton, so there were more slaves needed in order to get more cotton.
  • South Carolina bought the patent for 50000

    South Carolina bought the patent for 50000

    Whitney agreed to sell the patent, along with Tenesse and Georgia

  • Finally recieved patent

    Congress finally approved of the patent and prevented pirating.
  • Death of Eli Whitney

    Death of Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney died of old age at New Haven, Conneticut. He was 60 years old.

  • Cotton bales production was 750000 bales

  • Population of Slaves rose

    Population of Slaves rose

    The population of slaves increased from 700000 to 3.2 million. This is because of the increase in cotton.

  • Cotton production skyrocketed

    The cotton production rose from 750000 to 2.85 million bales.

  • Slave States Rose to 15

    The number of slave states changed from 7 to 15.