Under the Rhode Island system
A)textile workers bought their own looms and bargained with merchants to establish prices.
B)mill owners created factory towns that included farmland that was rented to the families of textile workers.
C)factories were located in major seaport cities in order to have access to international markets.
D)Rhode Island banks financed industrial development in other states but charged extremely high interest rates.
E)the factories were government owned.

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The Rhode Island system, developed by Samuel Slater, involved creating factory towns that included not only the mills but also housing and farmland for the workers. This system was part of the broader industrial revolution in the United States, where mill owners sought to create self-contained communities for their workers.

Under the Rhode Island System