Cotton+Gin

=Invention = //List facts here that **describe your invention**, tell **what it does**, what **problem it solves** and include any **other important details** //
 * ===The cotton gin is simple, it is a rectangle shape .wb 4===
 * === **There is a crank on the outside that rotates a wheel inside the box.21** ===
 * ===The wheel has wired hooks that grab the cotton fibers and pull the cotton away from the sticky green seeds. 21===
 * It goes through a gate and comes out the other end without sticky green seeds. 21
 * gin stands for engine book 21
 * a cotton gin is a machine that separates the seeds from the cotton fibers w b vol 4
 * there were some problems at first because the cotton gin was not being made fast enough wb vol 4
 * Whitney claimed a new gin could clean more cotton than 50 men 21
 * It removes seeds from cotton fiber wb4
 * rotating brush Whitney called cleaver 21
 * took idea to invent gin from a roller gin- it looked liked a right angle with a crank 21
 * invented gin in 1793 21
 * had a patent in1794 wb4
 * could not make enough gins to keep the demand of them wb4

=Inventor = //List facts here about your **inventor** //
 * eli whitney.21
 * almost died of diseases. 21
 * 1797- alone and in debt. 21
 * when a boy was a great machanic.21
 * born in Westborough, Massachussets.21
 * 1783- went to a college edu. 21
 * Eli went to Yale and continued to be inspired by science equipment and inventions 21
 * born Dec. 8, 1705- lived 60 years and died 1825 21
 * born on a farm and grew up there. 21
 * liked tinkering and made a violin at age 12 wb 4
 * went to Savannah, Georgia to teach- someone took his job wb4
 * lived with Catherine Greene as a guest-helped to fix things in her home wb 4
 * She had friends to her home and they talked about how much trouble they were having taking seeds out of cotton wb4
 * he made a machine to clean cotton wb4
 * he made a machine to clean cotton wb4

//List facts here about **what was happening in society** that relates to this invention //

 * //made cotton profitable to grow. w b vol 4//
 * //it made cleaning cotton faster and easier. wb vol 4//
 * //after the cotton gin, cotton became the domonant crop. wb vol 4//
 * //for slaves after the rev war. wb vol 4//
 * //could grow more cotton and have bigger farms called plantations and slave trade would increase 21//
 * //sell more cotton 21//
 * //inventing the cotton gin caused more cotton to be grown and larger farms, more money for the planters, and slave trade increased 21//
 * //one of the causes of the Civil War 21//
 * //could sell more cotton- more money for the plantations 21//