Cotton Gin 1793 (jan 1, 1793 – dec 1, 1794)
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Cotton Gin-In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.3 ways changed southern life-Eli Whitney's cotton gin changed the south by, triggering vast westward movement, made it so planter grew more cotton, and the cotton exports expanded. Also, Native Americans were driven off southern lands, and slavery continued to be an important source of labor.
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jan 1, 1793
dec 1, 1794
~ 1 years and 10 months