basic recipe has been built on to develop many of today’s most popular cocktails. The Sour is not only the name of a cocktail it is also a whole category of cocktails. The base liquor used in a Sour can be any of the 8 staples: bourbon‚ brandy‚ gin‚ rum‚ scotch‚ tequila‚ vodka‚ or whiskey. So the drink is called Bourbon Sour‚
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The antebellum south was built on the success of cotton. Cotton is a fiber used in many products‚ such as fabric and paper. Throughout the 1790’s‚ the production of tobacco declined because of soil depletion and diminishing value; simultaneously‚ in Europe the fabric industry was growing‚ creating an international demand for cotton clothing ("The Cotton Economy and Slavery"). When Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin‚ this provided the South with the machinery for the expansion in the global economy
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Eli Whitney’s Effects on America Eli Whitney was one of the greatest inventors in American History. Eli Whitney’s invention of the Cotton Gin helped bring prosperity to the South‚ expand slavery‚ and lead to a civil war. Eli also is credited for popularizing the idea of mass production and interchangeable parts. All of Eli Whitney’s ideas changed the entire country and played a significant role in the history. Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts in 1765. Eli worked in his father’s nail shop as
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the cotton gin and interchangeable parts and Robert Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat. The creation of the cotton gin‚ interchangeable parts‚ and the steamboat are innovations that evolved America leading it to a change. Eli Whitney wrote to his father of his life after college. He wrote to him over his machine‚ who could operate it producing much more cotton then picking it by hand and could also function by something that exerts greater force making it easier on a human. The cotton gin
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effects. One such invention was the cotton gin‚ which had inadvertently caused a large spike in the demand for slaves‚ and had indirectly contributed to the start of the civil war. Another technology‚ the factory system saw a great increase in the
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Eli Whitney David Jefferson In 1794‚ U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin‚ a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century‚ cotton had become America’s leading export. Despite its success‚ the gin made little money for Whitney due to patent issues. Also‚ his invention offered Southern planters a justification to maintain and expand slavery even as a growing number of Americans
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on the ‘90s because he invented the cotton gin‚ which revolutionized the production of cotton products. Before the cotton gin‚ or engine‚ every cotton seed had to be separated from the fibers by hand. It was a long and tedious chore. A single gin was able to clean 50 pounds of cotton per day‚ which made the cotton trade much more profitable for southern states. However‚ a loophole in the 1793 patent act allowed people to imitate the invention of the cotton gin and call it their own. Due to this
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industries. One invention‚ the cotton gin‚ played a major role in these changes‚ but it also came with a number of unintended consequences. After the American Revolution‚ many hoped the ideals of freedom and equality would extend to the slave population. It was generally thought that slavery was an outdated institution; planters feared slave revolts and farmers realized it was more expensive to maintain slaves‚ compared to the value of what they could produce. At that time‚ cotton was a difficult crop for
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Engineer Eli Whitney died 35 years before the Civil War‚ but his most famous invention‚ the cotton gin‚ set the economic stage for war. Whitney’s gin made cotton production far more efficient‚ fueling the need for more Southern slaves and enriching powerful planters. Another Whitney invention--muskets with interchangeable components--inaugurated manufacturing systems for producing uniform parts‚ without which the U.S. economy might never have produced enough weapons to fight such a lengthy war.
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Cited: "Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 02 Jan. 2013. " The Crowning of King Cotton." The Crowning of King Cotton [ushistory.org]. N.p.‚ 2008-2012. Web. 02 Jan. 2013. "Slavery in America." History.com. A&E Television Networks‚ 2012. Web. 02 Jan. 2013.
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