Term: Industrial Revolution, Description: Transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the 18th-19th centuries, Question: The invention of the cotton gin and the industrial revolution did not overlap?, Answer:No
Fact1: The Industrial Revolution, now also known as the First Industrial Revolution, was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840 Fact2:  In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. 