Ringwelski, Morgan

The Cotton Gin

Created by; Eli Whitney

Whitney studied at Yale University before inventing the cotton gin. Eli also made interchangable musket parts.

Eli grew up in Westbro on a farm during the Relvoutionary War. As he grew up he became the master of making nails, canes, and ladies hat pins.

Whitney died on Janurary 8, 1825 in New Heaven, Connecticut.

The cotton gin was invented in 1793.

It also helped America by making cotton processing more efficient.

The purpose of the cotton gin was to make it easier to remove the cotton from its seed pods.

Morgan RingwelskiPeriod 8

Eli Whitney was born on December 8,1765 in Westbro Massachusetts.