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    to invest in the production of factories and inventions. Britain had the financial stability to invest in building factories and inventions instead of wasting it on military forces. EXAMPLES This influenced new inventions to be made such as the cotton gin, flying shuttle and the threshing machine, which all contributed to the industrialisation of Britain. Many people were willing to risk their money in starting new factories, most of these were successful,…

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    will discuss some of the inventions and their significance to the industrial revolution. The cotton gin was a tool used to remove the seeds from the cotton. It was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. The cotton gin made removing the seeds much safer and quicker for all the farm workers. It was especially important in the south because it allowed cotton to become the main cash crop and source of revenue. Cotton was becoming much easier to harvest and sell which brought an economic boom to the…

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    Mary Ann Cotton Murder

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    to commit her murderous acts on most of her family. She was born in October of 1932, and she was executed in Durham jail in March of 1873 (Hartlepool 1). She is said to have murdered up to twenty one family members and friends (Wilson 19). Mary Ann Cotton, Great Britain’s first female serial killer, was responsible for those devastating events (Wilson 19). Mary Ann Robson was born in the English mining town of Low Moonsly in October of 1832 (Hartlepool 1), (Hale 45). Her parents were Margaret…

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    The writers Mary Rowlandson and Cotton Mather were both Puritans that both had run-ins with the Indians. Rowlandson has the basis of the Puritan beliefs regarding the Indians but also understands that they are not less than human. Mather has a very strong belief that the Indians are the devil based on his very strong Puritan belief. With the shared background of Puritanism there are many similarities in their depictions of the Indians. Mary Rowlandson had a very negative view of the Indians…

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    Cotton History

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    The production of cotton began in the early 1900s on the South Plains through a man named P. Florence (Howell, 1976). Florence started growing cotton because he grew up in a cotton patch and had no idea of what else to do with the rich land he found when he came into the city of Slaton, Texas which is located on the southeast part of Lubbock County. At the turn of the century, Florence came into West Texas with his family in search of greener pastures. Cotton growing was the main talent…

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    It has been said that the “king of cotton” during the time of slavery, was the state of South Carolina. With its rich soils and warm humid temperatures, South Carolina was the biggest and most successful cotton manufacturer in all of the south. Not only were there millions of slave hands making it possible for this commodity to become so significant, but those same hands made South Carolina very rich. Before cotton became a popular commodity in the south, crops such as indigo, maize or corn, and…

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    Cotton Gin Eli Whitney was a famous American inventor. Born in the state of Massachusetts in 1765. Eli mastered his problem solving skills and creative thinking thanks to his father, who was not only a farmer. But also a very gifted and talented inventor. As the years progressed, Eli became an observant problem solver and entrepreneur who would change his merchandise to fit the needs of the public. Whitney attended the University of Yale and graduated on 1792. Eli puts himself self thru…

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    The plantation was one that grew cotton. Cotton was a major crop produced in the south and was easy to grow and store. Cotton, while easy to grow and store, was very difficult to harvest. In order to have a usable product plantation owners had to separate the cotton seeds from the fibers by hand. This took a lot of time and energy to produce a small amount of cotton. While he stayed at the plantation he realized how difficult it was to make a living growing cotton and thought about what he could…

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    19th Century Slavery Essay

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    America during the 18th century. As the North became increasingly industrialized and urbanized, there was less demand for slaves. Different from the North, the South vastly depended on slaves to work on the cotton plantations. The industrialization of the North and the rapid growth of cotton industry in the South divided the nation during the 19th century. It was a regional issue that both sides increasingly disagreed on the issue of abolishing slavery in the United States. Some Northerners…

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    The Cotton Gin would enough clean cotton balls. Cleaning cotton balls was dull, and in this method, there were numerous people required for this task. Since the cotton has many seeds, it took various hours of troublesome work to clear the seeds. They then anticipated that would transform the cotton into the required surface. " Eli Whitney ensured the cotton gin, a machine that adjusted the formation of cotton by unbelievably quickening the route toward removing seeds from cotton fiber". This…

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