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    place in England. The cotton gin‚ invented by Eli Whitney‚ was perhaps the invention that bore the most importance of the time period and had the greatest impact on United States society. Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. In an attempt to earn money so that he could pay off student debts from Yale University‚ he employed himself as a tutor in Georgia. While spending time in the state‚ Whitney became aware that farmers faced obstacles when it came to extracting the cotton from the seed itself

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    was the man who invented the Cotton Gin‚ and made the Cotton production go along ten times faster. Eli Whitney was born in 1765‚ and grew up on a farm in Massachusetts. When he had grown older‚ he got a job at a tobacco plantation in South Carolina. But with the growing cotton industry in the south‚ Whitney’s employers turned to growing cotton. Eli Whitney saw how hard it was to grow and manufacture cotton‚ because it took many hours to get the seeds out of the cotton‚ then spin into clothing. With

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    It was 1793‚ when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds. This allows for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. Eli Whitney was born on December 8‚ 1765 in Westborough‚ Massachusetts. He died on January 8‚ 1825. When he was a child‚ he loved working in his father’s workshop. He’d take things apart‚ then put them back together again. (For example‚ a clock.) He worked on a Georgian Plantation when he was

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    The Gin Epidemic

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    The Spirit of the Times: The Gin Epidemic of 18th Century England Beginning in the early 1700s‚ England went on a notorious five-decade gin binge. Gin became the alternative to French brandy after Parliament placed an embargo on French trade. An excess of grain caused corn prices to drop making gin relatively inexpensive and “by 1750 nearly half of all British wheat harvests went directly into gin production.” The spirit was consumed predominantly among those who lived in destitution and worked lengthy

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    The Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney In 1793 an American inventor named Eli Whitney born in December 8 1765‚ Massachusetts‚ USA created a modern mechanical machine called the Cotton Gin. This phenomenal machine separated cotton seeds from cotton fibres and was incredibly important as it dramatically reduced the amount of time spent separating the two from each other. Eli changed the agriculture and manufacturing revolutionised not only the cotton industry but the American industrial

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    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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    History Of Cotton

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    Life of Cotton‚ it shows the story of cotton in West Texas and Lubbock. This is the largest history of cotton in the United States. Texas produces the largest amount of cotton than other states in United State. It is important to learn the history of cottons because people use those cottons for clothes‚ beds‚ blankets‚ towels‚ and Yarns. Without the cottons‚ we have no clothes to wear. We could have a hard time for sleeping with uncomfortable beds and blankets. Also some of current generations have

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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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    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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    Favorite Gin Cocktails Classic Cocktails & Riffs On The Classics The Gin & Tonic is the archetypal British cocktail‚ but gin is as adaptable to different recipes as any other spirit. For your next cocktail party‚ offer guests a menu of gin cocktails. Here are some favorites from Beefeater Gin. Beefeater‚ named after a slang term for the Yeomen Warders who guard the Tower of London (shown on Beefeater Gin’s bottle label‚ below)‚ is the only international gin still distilled in London.

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