that was to completely change the course of the history of the United States‚ the cotton gin. From now on‚ the once tenuous task of separating the seed from the fibre of cotton would be accomplished much faster‚ hence considerably improving cotton production and most importantly rendering the culture of cotton on American soil a profitable business. As textile industry blossomed in Europe‚ the world demand for cotton rose steeply and America would play a leading role in providing the priced resource
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DBQ- Gin Act of 1751 In mid-eighteenth century England‚ Parliament passed the Gin Act of 1751‚ which restricted the sale of gin through increased retail license requirements and higher taxes on such liquor. This measure was enacted to reduce the consumption of spirits and the subsequent crime it engendered. Indeed‚ gin production increased nearly 500% from 1701 to 1751. However‚ the general populace became engaged in a fierce debate for and against the new legislation. While authors
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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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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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and beliefs making them divide as a region. The Invention of cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 made gathering cotton possible. This caused an increase in plantations to grow cotton which caused the great need for cheap labor. It meant that slaves were the cheap labor to get the work done. The southern economy became dependent on slavery and cotton. While in the northern states it was established on industry. North was purchasing raw cotton and turning it into finished goods. In the North people had
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production. It provides direct employment to over 15 million persons in the mill‚ powerloom and handloom sectors. India is the world’s second largest producer of textiles after China. It is the world’s third largest producer of cotton-after China and the USA-and the second largest cotton consumer after China. The textile industry in India is one of the oldest manufacturing sectors in the country and is currently it’s largest1. The Textile industry occupies an important place in the Economy of the country
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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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the 1930s‚ Japan and India both were beginning to mechanize their cotton industries. Both of these countries had similar recruitment techniques‚ but differed when it came to who the workers were and where they came from‚ and the working conditions they had in the mill. Documents 1‚ 2‚ and 6 all show the increased usage of machines in Japanese and Indian cotton factories. The chart in Document 1 that details the production of cotton yarn and cloth in India shows how India utilized more machines to
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The rise of cotton production was very crucial and had an extreme effect on America’s economy. After Indigo had begun to be exported to Britain from other places‚ America needed a new cash crop. Following careful consideration‚ it was decided that cotton was the most reasonable choice. This led many former “indigo farmers along the coast [to] switch[ed] to Sea Island‚ or “black seed‚” cotton” which was a long-staple type of cotton (South Carolina Journey‚ pg. 119). This type of cotton
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and the Cotton Gin Eli Whitney : Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro ‚ Massachusetts.‚ on Dec. 8‚ 1765‚ and died on Jan. 8‚ 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793‚ Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin‚ a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. Eli Whitney’s machine could produce up to 23 kg (50 lb) of cleaned cotton daily
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