Cotton Gin By Courtney Blakely Jan 1, 1789 Eli went to Yale College Dec 8, 1792 Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin Jan 1, 1794 Whitney and Miller patented the gin Jan 1, 1800 increase in slavery Jan 8, 1825 Eli Whitney died Jan 1, 1840 more than a million bales of cotton being produced Jan 1, 1900 America's leading export Cotton
