The agricultural revolution paved the way for the industrial revolution. as wealthy landowners bought and enclosed farmland, many people were forced to becomeor move to the cities. the industrial revolution began in theindustry. newly invented machines such as increase the rate at which yarn and thread were made. industrialization increased the demand for cotton as well. this led to eli whitney's invention of the

He invented the cotton gin, a machine that greatly accelerated the speed of the process of removing seeds from cotton fibers. This helped to turn this industry into America's leading export. Due to problems with the patent, the cotton gin did not give Whitney too much profit. Worse still, the invention of the machine did not do much in the efforts to abolish slavery, as slaves continued to be employed in its use.

The Agricultural Revolution paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. As wealthy landowners bought and enclosed farmland, many people were forced to become tenant farmers move to the cities. The Industrial Revolution began in the textile industries . Newly invented machines such as the  spinning jenny helped increase the rate at which yarn and thread were made. Industrialization increased the demand for cotton as well. This led to Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin.