There were many men who contributed to the development of the United States of America. Their contributions to this country helped to shape and mold it and to help make it into the greatest industrial nation of the world. Among them were men such as Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, and Samuel Slater.

Eli Whitney was born on December 8, 1765, in Westborough, Massachusetts.

He was the son of a farmer. Whitney was a very intelligent boy who at the age of twelve constructed his own violin. During the years of the Revolutionary War, Whitney was still in his teens. He began his own business making nails. After the War, Whitney decided he wanted to go to college, but realized he had no money to attend, so he took up the job as a teacher. As a teacher, Whitney was only earning seven dollars a month. When Whitney turned twenty-three years of age he earned enough money to go to college and decided to attend Yale. Whitney graduated Yale in 1792. After college he decided to study law; so he went to Georgia. When he arrived there he met Catherine Littlefield Greene. She invited him to her house. Whitney wanted to be of help so he began to fix things that he saw were broken around the h

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