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Eli Whitney Jr. was born in Westborough, Massachusetts to Eli Whitney and Elizabeth Fay.
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When he was 14, Whitney manufactured and sold nails, which were rare at the time.
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Eli Whitney was asked to make 10,000 muskets for the new United States army.
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Eli attended Yale College- now called Yale University
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First cotton mill in the U.S. which started the cotton industry in the US.This inspired Whitney to invent the cotton gin.
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Eli Whitney went south to teach and study law
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When Whitney went to the south, he noticed that cotton was very important. He saw how hard it was to separate the seeds from the cotton
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Eli Whitney invents a revaloutuionary cotton seperater or the cotton gin.
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He married Henrietta Frances Edwards, who was from Bridgeport, Connecticut and they had three girls and one boy.
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Eli Whitney passes away after a life of fame and different encounters.
