1. Eli Whitney Raeann Laffrey

2. Birth Date and Place

Born on December 8,1765

In Westborough, Massachusetts

3. Family

Eli had four kids

• Frances Edward Whitney

• Elizabeth Fay Whitney

• Eli Jr Whitney

• Susan Whitney

He was the smallest son farmer

He built a firearms factory in New Haven, with his dad.

4. Early Childhood Life

Eli worked on his fathers farm

Only lived in Georgia for 5 months with his parents

He showed his talent for mechanical work

At the age of 15 he was earning money making and selling nails

He went cotton picking with his dad before

5. Education

Eli graduated at the age of 28

Yale College

He earned money to go to college

He was a tutor at Mulberry Grove

6. Accomplishments and Awards

He made a violin in 1792

He invented the cotton gin in 1793

7. Obstacles Eli Whitney Overcame

Making violin

Making a cotton gin

Others were copying and selling his cotton gin design.

8. Why I think Eli is a hero

He was an inventor, best known for creating the cotton gin.

9. Famous Quotes

I can make just such ones if I had tools I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.

I have always believed that I should have no difficulty.

10. Death Date and Place

January 8, 1825

Age 59

New Haven, CT

11. Other Interesting Facts

He died because of prostate cancer

12. Bibliography

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