Based on what I read in this chapter, I believe that the government had a large part in the economic growth in the 18th century. Opening of the factories was a major contribution to the growth to point of 213 factories were being operational by 1815. This with many other things has helped lead to my conclusion. For example, building railroads, and the rise of corporations are other contributors. To help elaborate on the factory’s, by 1789 an English man named Samuel Slater started to work at Moss Brown in Rhode Island which is where he noticed Browns machines weren’t sufficient enough to compete with Great Britain’s machinery. So he built a better one. The machine he built was so easy to operate even children could use it which led to a lot
