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To supply money for a project in order to make a profit Efficient -
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Invest
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acting effectively, without wasted cost or effort
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Efficient
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time when machines took the place of many hand tools, much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaces, first by flowing water and then by steam engines
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Industrial Revolution
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brings workers and machinery together in one place — the first textile factory plans were brought to America by Samuel Slater
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Factory System
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people who invest capital, or money, in a business to earn a profit
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Capitalist
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built an improved version of English machines in a mill org~nized in a new way that brought spinning and weaving together in one building
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Francis Cabot Lowell
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the rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects
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Mass Production
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identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers, the first system was developed by Eli Whitney
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Interchangeable parts
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