Cotton GinIn 1793, while visiting a plantation near Savannah, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. A product that quickly and easily cleans cotton off its seeds.
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Railroadsthe growth of cotton meant there was a need for better means of transporting cotton from Georgia's interior to the port city of Savannah. The flatboats, wagons, & steam boats were too slow so Georgia began to build the W&A railroad.
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