John Deere perfected the plow. Cyrus McCormick, in 1834, received a patent for a reaping machine, a horse-drawn device that allowed one man to cut and stack ten to twelve acres of grain in a single day. Samuel Colt made his mark on the firearms industry. He patented and manufactured a “six-shooter,” a pistol with a revolving cylinder which allowed a user to fire six times before reloading.…
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 south. It made slaves monetarily worth more; by making cotton a cash crop; cheap to grow and much easier to pick.…
The Cotton Gin is another example of positive progress that came at a cost. In Document 3 Cotton Production 1800 - 1860, It shows how the amount of money the cotton gin earned and the amount of slaves needed to make this money. This shows positive progress because, they could create cloth faster and this made people to earn money faster. This all came at the cost of needing more slaves, which is the opposite of what it was intended for.…
After the 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.…
In 1794, Eli Whitney invented a simple machine called the cotton gin. The main purpose of this machine was to automatically separate the cotton fibers from the seeds. Similar machines already existed for long-staple cotton, but they did not work with short-staple cotton. The basic concept was the same, using brushes to separate the two parts of the cotton. Whitney’s design, however, used spiked teeth to pull the fibers from the seed more effectively than previous machines.…
During the late 1800s and early 1900s both India and Japan worked towards mechanizing their cotton industries, and while there were many similarities in the way that this industry was developed and the end result significant differences were also present. Low pay and poor conditions were present in both areas and in both china and japan a large part of their labor force came from rural areas. However while in Japan the labor force was overwhelmingly female this was not the case in India. Furthermore the mechanized cotton industry developed much more slowly in Japan than it did in India.…
To begin with, after hearing that Southern planters were in need of a way to make growing and producing cotton profitable Eli Whitney invented a machine he liked to call the cotton gin.2 Whitney’s invention was able to change the way cotton was harvested and cleaned. Slaves used to only be able to harvest a single pound a day but with this machine 50 pounds could be harvested in the same amount of…
The first invention by Eli Whitney while in Georgia in 1793 is a simple machine that separates cotton fibers from the seeds. The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States in 1793. The gin has wire teeth mounted on a boxed rotating cylinder that, pulls cotton fiber through small grates to separate the seeds, while a rotating brush removes lint from the spikes to avoid jams. Eli applied for the invention on October 28, 1793; the invention was granted on March 14, 1794, but was not validated until 1807.…
Eli Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765. As a young boy he enjoyed taking things apart and then putting them back together. When he was young, he worked in a plantation in Georgia, tutoring children. He noticed slaves had trouble taking the seeds out of the cotton boll. He then had an idea for a device that could help out both slaves and plantation owners. The invention of the cotton gin, by Eli, had many big impacts in the south, on slavery, and on capital for countries. Cotton and tobacco were very popular goods sold for very good money. Cotton was used to make clothing and was considered a high class material. People at the time would show off clothing like a person in modern day…
One factor that had the greatest impact in driving the country in war was the economic difference. The North and the South had different opinion 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 to work together it didn't matter about their culture or class they were but rather had to put their…
The problems are that it’s very labor intensive up until the time of 1793 when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which removed seeds from cotton. Still important to pick, which is where slaves came in.…
The Age of Exploration, that started in the 15th century and lasted until the 17th century, brought lots of trade and technology to the New World and the Old World. More specifically, the Columbian exchange brought rare resources across the Atlantic, like 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…
Do to the fact that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin the South was then able to increase its cotton supply sending raw cotton north to be made into fabric. Francis C. Lowell increased the efficiency in the making of fabric by bringing spinning and weaving tools together into one factory. In 1846, Elias Howe created the sewing machine which revolutionized the manufacture of clothing. All of a sudden, clothing began to be made in factories as opposed to at home. Rising industries and factories led people to move from farms to cities. This led to other overcrowding and disease. However, agriculture got better including machines and cultivators. For example, Cyrus McCormick created the reaper which allowed for quick and cheap harvesting of grain. John Deere then created the first steel plow in 1837 helping speed farming across the Midwest.…
The economic changes of the years following the War of 1812 varied from new innovations to government policies. Eli Whitney's greatest inventions, the cotton gin and system of interchangeable parts, both helped spur the growing American economy and industrial revolution. The cotton gin improved the output of workers by a thousand percent and in ten years, the production of cotton in the country rose from 5 million pounds to 63 million pounds, thus making the South the leading cotton producer, shipping it to Britain and New England.…
When the term “Market Revolution” is heard, the first thing many people associate it with is Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin. Whitney’s invention was the first major innovation, revolutionizing both northern manufacturing and southern agriculture. Since the job was previously done by hand, the cotton gin produced a higher supply of cotton at a faster rate. Cotton grew from 750,000 bales per year in 1830 to 2.5 million bales per year in 1850. America became a major supplier of cotton for the British and provided two-thirds of the world’s cotton supply. The cotton gin was among the most beneficial innovations in the antebellum era. Whitney also invented interchangeable parts in 1797 that provided easier compatibility of different parts of muskets. Many manufacturers soon began using his invention for their own benefits. Because of the large success of his innovations, Eli Whitney was a very important figure of the Market Revolution.…