Elementary School Resource

Patent for Cotton Gin (1794) by NARA

Designed to separate cotton fiber from seed, Whitney’s cotton gin, for which he received a patent on March 14, 1794, introduced a new, profitable technology to agricultural production in America.

Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.E.1.1B, SS.E.1.4C, SS.I.1.1B and more!

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