1. Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
By Morgan Valentic
Period 2

2. Who?
Who was Eli Whitney?
He was an inventor and pioneer that changed the lives of many businesses with his designs
Born in Westborough, Massachusetts on December 8th, 1765
Died on January 8th, 1825 in New Haven, Connecticut
Graduated form Yale University (back then it was called Yale College)
Most famous for inventing the Cotton Gin and his innovation of interchangeable parts that was used for making muskets

3. What?
What is a Cotton Gin? - A cotton gin is a machine that helps remove the seeds from the cotton
What did it do?- A cotton gin would work by first putting in a cotton boll into the top of the machine. Then, you would turn a crack and the cotton would go through these wire teeth that takes or “combs” out the seeds
What type would the people grow in the South?– They would grow short staple or “Green Seed”

4. When and Where?
When did he invent the Cotton Gin- Eli invented the Cotton Gin in 1793
Where did he invented it?- He invented it around Savannah, Georgia with his partner and plantation owner Phineas Miller
In 1792, he went to go visit his friend Catherine Greene at a plantation farm
While he was there, he saw cotton for the very first time
Catherine was having trouble with removing seeds from the cotton
(took one day to remove one pound of cotton from the plant)

5. Why?
Why did Whitney invent the Cotton Gin?- He invented this machine because he wanted to help his friend Catherine who needed some help
he was very fond of cotton and what the technology was behind it
Catherine had a machine but it did not work as well as they thought
Him inventing the Cotton Gin changed history…..

6. Impact? What were some of the impacts on the Cotton Gin?-
More slaves in the South (no one is sure that Whitney wanted this to happen)
One of the best inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Improved the economy of the North and South

7. To Sum Up
Eli was an inventor and pioneer that made a huge change throughout history with his inventions
A Cotton Gin was a machine that helped removed seeds from cotton that involved a crank and wired teeth
His visited his friend Catherine Greene in Georgia where she told him that the process with removing one pound of cotton a day was too slow
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in 1793
The Cotton Gin improved the increase in slaves and the economy in the South