In 1794‚ Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Cotton gin is a machine that speeds up the process of removing seeds from cotton. In the mid 19th century‚ cotton had become America’s leading export. The cotton gin had made Eli little money due to the patent. It also had a justification for southerners to expand slavery even though Americans supported its abolition. Eli Whitney was born on December 8‚ 1765‚ in Wesborough‚ Mssachusetts. Just like Eli‚ his father was a farmer and a talented mechanic
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9/28/2010 Cotton Mather: Women Possessed by the Devil Importance of Gender in Colonial Identities One cannot discuss the gender role of women in America without talking about the misogynistic craze of burning witches in Salem in the 1690’s. Cotton Mather was a paramount figure during this time‚ whose writings on witchcraft‚ particularly in The Wonders of the Invisible World‚ fed the hysteria that led to many women being persecuted‚ and for some‚ put to death. Mather‚ labeling himself
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Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Prior to his invention‚ farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. Working by hand‚ a slave was only able to clean about a pound of cotton a day. Simple seed-removing devices had been around for centuries‚ however‚ Eli Whitney’s invention automated and industrialized the seed separation process. A single slave using this machine could generate
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Cotton: Cotton is a soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant. Cotton is important to an understanding of the industrial revolution because cotton had a huge effect on the economy since there was such a big market for cotton because many people didn’t know how to make it. The significance of cotton to the industrial revolution is that it allowed people to make clothes‚ and it allowed those who were able to make cotton make money and build factories
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September 2014 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in the late 1800’s. Its original purpose was to help people separate cotton fibers from their seeds. This process was necessary in order to use the cotton in its proper way. This invention came at a time when slavery was starting to slowly become less crucial to the nation’s economy and freeing slaves was gaining momentum. The cotton gin soiled all plans of reducing slavery by increasing production of cotton and completely revamping slavery in the
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tobacco‚ cotton‚ corn‚ potatoes‚ sweet potatoes and livestock and sugar. Cotton was one of the most important resources both to the Americans and the Europeans. Cotton grows in climates that are warm and have long sunny periods so it was mainly grown in Asian countries like Uzbekistan‚ Pakistan and Turkey. But since the Ottomans (modern day Turkey and had borders with the other countries with cotton) did not want to trade with the Europeans‚ the people of Europe wanted there own cotton fields
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invention of the cotton gin‚ the surrender of raw cotton doubled each decade after 1800. Demand for cotton was fueled by other inventions of the Industrial Revolution‚ such as the machines to spin and weave it and the steamboat to transport it. At mid century the South provided three-fifths of America’s exports‚ most of it in cotton. The cotton gin gave birth to the American mass-production concept and brought the South prosperity‚ but still contributed to the growth of slavery. While the cotton gin reduced
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Essay #2 The “Marshall Mathers LP” is the third studio album by rapper Eminem. It was released on May 23‚ 2000‚ by Interscope Records. “The Marshall Mathers LP” was one of Eminem ’s best selling albums and one of the best rap albums of all time. One reason why “The Marshall Mathers LP” was such a great impact to the rap community is because after the great success of his previous album “The Slim Shady LP” no one expected a white rapper to be able to follow up with a better album‚ like Eminem did
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......... 7 2.2 Why cotton fibers & reactive dyes been used…...............................................7 2.3 Why time is necessary for dyeing cotton fabric with reactive dye....................7 2.4 Effect of time for dyeing cotton fabric with reactive dye………………..……7 2.5 What is organic cotton and how is it grown……………………………….......8 2.6 Why does the industry want to use organic cotton……………….……....……8 2.7 Characteristics of cotton……………………………………………...…….….8
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DBQ Mechanization of the Cotton Industry in Japan and India During the period between the 1880’s and 1930’s both Japan and India showed great increases in the use of machines to produce cotton and yarn products. While demand for these products increased‚ demand for workers also increased. Both countries recruited these laborers in similar fashions. Major differences between Japan and India during this time period were gender differences in workers and their working conditions. Documents 1‚ 2
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