oct 28, 1793 - Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin
Description:
A simple machine that influenced the history of the United States. He invented a cotton gin that was popular in the South. The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney's cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 28, 1793
Now
~ 232 years ago