The Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793.  The process of removing the seeds from cotton was a hard and painful job being that the cotton seeds are hard and sharp.  The cotton gin allows workers to feed the cotton into the invention and have it do all the work.  Not only did this save the workers hands, but it also multiplied the production of cotton.  Because of Eli Whitney's cotton gin, the production of cotton went from 1.5 million pounds in 1790 to 85 million in 1810.