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What was the rhode island system?

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Rhode Island The RI system was a factory system started by Samuel Slater in 1803. He employed families to live and work at mill sites and built a mill village which was imitated and improved by innovators like Francis Cabot Lowell. ChaCha!

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About Rhode Island

Rhode Island

Rhode Island is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest. Rhode Island is known for their cold and chilly winters and their hot and rainy summers. The average summer temperature is 83 degrees and the average winter temperature is 20 degrees.

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