The oldest printed paper currently known to man was one-hundred percent hemp and was used in 8th century China. As I mentioned earlier, hemp was also used to draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States as well. Both of these documents are still preserved today as a testament to the strength and durability of hemp paper. This type of paper is also much more economical as hemp can produce four times as much paper per acre as wood. The process to create the paper does not involve releasing harmful toxins like tree paper processing does.
You dare not make war on cotton; no power on earth dares to make war upon it, Cotton is king.” (Boyer et al. 351). But cotton is very hard to harvest, before the invention of the cotton gin, it takes one slave a day to clean one pound of cotton. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin soon changed that, it allows slaves to be much more productive. The cotton gin did not only change the output of cotton in the south it also changed the whole entire country.
What early colonial prosperity there was resulted from trapping and trading in furs. In addition, fishing was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people lived on small farms and were selfsufficient. In the few small cities and among the larger plantations of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, some necessities and all luxuries were imported in return for tobacco, rice, and indigo exports. To conclude, economics was the most important role in the establishment of European colonies.
“…the invention of the cotton gin fastened slavery upon the country; and that, but for its invention, slavery would have long since disappeared.” (David Christy, Esq. 1860) Do you like jeans? Do you like t-shirts? Well if you do, then you have no one else to thank but Samuel Slater. He made the process for making cotton much faster than what it used to be.
In my opinon without the cotton gin slavery might not have lasted as long as it did. It began with Eli Whitney when he was born in 1765, he noticed the slaves having a hard time picking the tough cotton from its sticky seed. So when he got older and smarter he invented the Cotton Gin so they wouldn’t have such a hard time with it. The Gin was a simple machine that had a big impact on the South.
An indentured servant, like Daniel Clocker, could improve his life and social position by migrating to America. Many like him took the risk as England was overpopulated and jobs were hard to find (Carr, “The Rise of Daniel Clocker”, 23-34). At 17 years old Clocker could not afford to pay for a voyage across the ocean, so he signed a contract to work for Cornwaleys, a wealthy landowner. In the contract, he agreed to work for Cornwaleys for four years. Most likely Clocker was working on a tobacco plantation for Cornwaleys in Maryland; tobacco was the main cash crop of the early colonies.
The European slave trade that began in the 1500s was larger. Also, the enslaved Africans were treated far more harshly. In the Americas, when the natives began dying from disease, the Europeans brought in Africans, for three reasons. Africans had resistance to European diseases, so they would not get sick and die. Also, many Africans knew about farming so they would be accustomed to the work involved.
Samuel Slater: In 1790, a young English-born genius named Samuel Slater, employed by the Rhode Island merchant firm of Almy and Brown, began to spin cotton thread by machine in the first effective factory in the US. Migrated from Britain in 1789, having served as an apprentice under Richard Arkwright and then as a mill manager. He used his knowledge to build the first successful cotton-spinning mill in this country. Slater installed his machines in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where the first successful factory was constructed. 3.
Slaves were very successful for growing sugar cane, so eventually the southern colonies called for them to be bought over. They weren’t expensive to buy, and once owned didn’t need to be paid. A slave code was bought over from the Barbados, stating that slaves had no rights and were completely owned by their owners. Even though it wasn’t intended, slavery flourished in the southern colonies. Originally Georgia and North Carolina didn’t agree with slavery.
Flappers represented a freedom of choice and equality to men. The flapper appearance tended to be more masculine than what had been popular in the past. Women would bind their chests with tight cloth in order to give a flat appearance. Flappers would not wear corsets to define curves, overall the body frame appeared more boyish. Flappers cut their hair in short styles, such as bobs and shingles which was opposite of the long hair known in the past.