Cotton

Eli Whitney Have you ever heard of the cotton gin? This might even be one of the greatest inventions in history. Not only is the cotton gin famous, the creator is too. Eli Whitney, a great inventor, revolutionized cotton production through the invention of the cotton gin. Eli Whitney December 0,8 1765 one of the greatest inventors was born.Eli whitney is the son of Eli and elizabeth whitney.” Eli's father died when he was only four years old.”( Dictionary of American Biography, Charles…

in the cotton industry for over 200 years (Rivoli 7). This is surprising for many reasons. America is competing with the world’s poorest, least developed countries. These countries have some of the lowest labor costs in the world whereas America’s labor costs are among the world’s highest (Rivoli 5). Another surprising factor is that cotton itself seems like a doubtful contestant for economic success. Despite these factors, America has continued to remain the most successful in the cotton…

Eli Whitney is mostly remembered for inventing a machine called the cotton gin, which separates cotton seeds from the cotton fibers. That was not his only contributions, another was the interchangeable parts. He was credited with inventing the milling machine although many scientists think he was not the inventor. His inventions play an important role in the agricultural revolution. Eli Whitney was born in 1765 in Westborough Massachusetts. His dad was a farmer. Young man Whitney became a…

The creation of Eli Whitney revolutionized America and changed the way people valued others. The cotton-gin was a machine that removed the seeds from the cotton about fifty times faster than a slave per day. The cotton-gin mostly affected the eastern-southern part of America because of the large cotton farms. From 1800 to 1820 annual cotton production quadrupled and unfortunately the amount of slaves increased as well. In thirty years (1800 - 1830) the number of slaves doubled being 2 million.…

upper south migrated to the deep south of the United States. The ways in which slavery developed into a business in the nineteenth-century Virginia and United States was from westward expansion post Revolutionary War, the skyrocketing demand for cotton, and the treatment of slaves in the deep south compared to what they had been accustom to. All of these factors contributed to the development of the slavery as a business. As the United States finally gained…

During the 20th century, the industrial revolution had three positive effects on the economy. the three important reasons are new technology, transportation, and the assembly line. During the 20th century many things changed for better. Some improvements and inventions changed the way people live and work, others just made things more efficient such as the assembly line invented in 1913 by Henry Ford. Other new technology such as the maxim gun invented by Hiram Maxim in 1884. This invention was…

affiliated with the cotton industry than differences. India copied Europe’s industrialization, while Japan took longer to begin mechanizing cotton production. The cotton gin and the cotton-spinning machine were the main machines used during the Industrial Revolution. Countries all around the world were beginning to industrialize with the use of machines. In the later 1930’s both India and Japan were involved in World War II. Japan was later introduced to the industrialization of the cotton…

spun into yarn or made into fabrics. 1.2 Staple fibers can be defined as natural fibers that can be twisted to form properties of yarn. Staple fibers are popular for their variety in lengths. There are several examples of fibers such as: Hemp, raw cotton, flax etc. 1.3 Filament yarns are sole threads that are endless and which length is its property. Filament yarns can be crimped or textured…

towards the rate of adopting new technologies is the cotton gin, a hand-cranked machine that separates cotton fibers and seeds. Invented by Eli Whitney in U.S during 1791, it revolutionized the processing of cotton in the southern cotton industry. The raw cotton was laden with seeds, which must be removed by hand. This labor-intensive process demanded more expensive slaves to process the cotton for efficiently. With the invention of the cotton gin, the process became automated and efficient.…

The Articles Gone Un-Replaced What if the USA had not replaced the Articles of Confederation? SUMMARY: Created November 15th 1777 and ratified on March 1st 1781, the Articles of Confederation served as the United States first “real” constitution. This document stated that “the states remained sovereign and independent, with Congress serving as the last resort on appeal of disputes” along with making treaties, coining money and managing the military (“History”). Another issue presented with…