By; Antonio and Virginia

Eli Whitney was born on December 8,1765 and he died on January 8,1825.

And he was born in Westboro, Massachusetts and lived on a farm.

And he had a brother named Josiah and another named

Ben and also a sister named Elizabeth and his parents names were his dads name was Eli and his moms was Elizabeth.

I found some of my information on kidsnewsroom.org and on ctheritage.org

And cybersleuth-kids.com and on madehow.com

And their was book that was made about him and the name was the cotton gin and American Manufacturing and the author was Regan.A.Huff

The invention was mad in April,1793. This invention help the African slaves to

separate the cotton seed from the cotton fiber.

Eli Whitney made allot more inventions like the muskets and Eli Whitney became rich.

The Industrial Revolution the cotton gin spins the steamboat to transport the cotton. The mid century was growing 3 quarters of the cotton gin and the shipping was send to England or new England so it could be made into clothes.

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