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Eli Whitney

Published on Dec 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ELI WHITNEY

INVENTOR OF THE COTTON GIN

THE COTTON GIN

CLEANED COTTON OF SEEDS EASIER THAN BY HAND
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BORN IN 1765 IN MASSACHUSETTS

ELI WHITNEY WAS
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ELI WHITNEY GRADUATED FROM

YALE UNIVERSITY
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ELI W. INVENTED THE ASSEMBLY LINE WHICH HELPS PEOPLE

BULID THINGS ON A LARGE SCALE. THIS HELPED HIM MAKE THE COTTON GIN

1794- WHINEY PATENTED THE COTTON GIN

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1817- WHTNEY GETS MARRIED TO

HENRIETTA EDWARS AND HAD 4 CHILDREN

ELI WHITNEY DIDN'T GET MONEY FOR HIS INVENTION, SO HE MADE A DEAL

WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE 10,000 MUSKETS SO HE WOULD GET MONEY
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1825-ELI WHITNEY DIED

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